CVE-2025-31846
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in Jeroen Schmit Theater for WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2025-31846. The vulnerability affects versions through 0.18.7 and involves incorrectly configured access control security levels. The issue was discovered by researcher theviper17y and was publicly disclosed on April 1, 2025 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is described as CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and required low privileges for exploitation (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in specific functions. The severity is considered low, with potential impact varying case by case (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires a low privilege level (Subscriber) to exploit, though it is considered unlikely to be exploited due to its low severity impact (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 0.18.8 of the Theater for WordPress plugin. Users are advised to update to version 0.18.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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