CVE-2025-10915
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Dreamer Blog WordPress theme through 1.2 is vulnerable to arbitrary installations due to a missing capability check.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Dreamer Blog WordPress theme through version 1.2 contains a missing capability check that allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to perform arbitrary installations, likely of plugins or themes. This authorization bypass results in remote code execution risk, explaining the critical CVSS score.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Dreamer Blog theme is installedNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin, or inspect the theme directory at /wp-content/themes/dreamer-blog/ and check style.css for the Version headerAffected if The theme is installed and the version is 1.2 or lower
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Locate installation functionalitySearch theme PHP files for functions related to plugin/theme installation, such as 'install_plugin', 'install_theme', 'wp_install', or AJAX actions handling installations (search for 'wp_ajax_' or 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' prefixes)Affected if The theme contains an installation handler accessible without proper capability verification
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Verify capability check absenceExamine the installation handler code: look for current_user_can(), check_admin_referer(), or nonce verification before allowing installation operationsAffected if No capability check (like current_user_can('install_plugins')) is present before the installation logic, or the handler is hooked to wp_ajax_nopriv_ without authorization
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Review access controls on installation endpointsCheck if the theme exposes an AJAX endpoint or admin page for installations that does not verify user roles or capabilities, or is accessible to unauthenticated usersAffected if Installation endpoint is accessible to unauthenticated users or users without administrator privileges
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Audit access logs for installation attemptsReview web server access logs and WordPress audit logs for requests to the theme's installation handlers, looking for unexpected plugin/theme installation activityAffected if Logs show installation requests from unexpected IP addresses, users, or at times you did not initiate them
You are affected if the Dreamer Blog theme version 1.2 or lower is installed and its installation functionality lacks proper capability checks, allowing unauthorized plugin or theme installations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the Dreamer Blog theme to the latest version once available, or replace with a maintained theme. Until patched, disable the theme or restrict site access. Investigate logs for suspicious installation activity.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-10915 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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