Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Vikinger Theme by WordPress
CVE-2025-2238

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Vikinger
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 April 2025

What is CVE-2025-2238?

The Vikinger theme for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher to escalate their privileges to administrator level. This issue arises from inadequate restrictions on user metadata within the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function, potentially exposing sensitive site operations to unauthorized users. Users of the Vikinger theme are advised to review their plugin versions and apply necessary patches to safeguard against this exploit.

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Affected Version(s)

Vikinger * <= 1.9.30

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themeforest.net/item/vikinger-buddypress-and-gami...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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