Unauthorized Data Modification in Mavix Education Theme for WordPress
CVE-2025-11164

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Mavix Education
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-11164?

The Mavix Education theme for WordPress has a security vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to perform unauthorized modifications. This vulnerability arises due to a lack of capability checks on the 'mavix_education_activate_plugin' AJAX action, which affects all versions up to and including 1.0. Attackers can exploit this flaw to activate the Creativ Demo Importer plugin without appropriate permissions, potentially leading to unauthorized access and manipulation of user data.

Affected Version(s)

Mavix Education * <= 1.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sf...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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CVE-2025-11164 : Unauthorized Data Modification in Mavix Education Theme for WordPress