Unauthorized Data Modification in Accelerate Theme for WordPress
CVE-2025-9266

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Accelerate
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 August 2026

What is CVE-2025-9266?

The Accelerate theme for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to bypass security measures due to a missing capability check on the enqueue_scripts() function. This flaw enables attackers to install and activate the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin, compromising the integrity of the site. Users are encouraged to update to version 1.5.4 or later to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Accelerate 0 <= 1.5.3

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/283564/accele...

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

Dmitrii Ignatyev
.