CVE CVE-2019-25738

CVE-2019-25738

WordPress

Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS: 9.8CVSS
Published: 2026-06-04
Last modified: 2026-06-04
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-306

Description

WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.

References

http://wordpress.framework-y.com
http://wordpress.framework-y.com/hybrid-composer/
https://labs.sucuri.net/wptf-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47154
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-settings-change

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