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2 vulnerabilities found for Sydney by athemes
CVE-2025-8999 (GCVE-0-2025-8999)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-09-17 11:25 – Updated: 2025-09-17 13:07
VLAI?
Title
Sydney <= 2.56 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Theme Options Update
Summary
The Sydney theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_modules' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.56. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or deactivate various theme modules.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev
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CVE-2025-8999 (GCVE-0-2025-8999)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-17 11:25 – Updated: 2025-09-17 13:07
VLAI?
Title
Sydney <= 2.56 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Theme Options Update
Summary
The Sydney theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_modules' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.56. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or deactivate various theme modules.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev
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