CVE-2025-1285
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 Resido - Real Estate WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the delete_api_key and save_api_key AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to issue requests to internal services and update API key details.
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 · high confidenceThe Resido WordPress theme lacks capability checks on the delete_api_key and save_api_key AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to manipulate API key configurations. This broken access control vulnerability enables attackers to issue requests to internal services and modify API credentials without authentication.
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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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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Verify Resido theme is installedNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin dashboard, or check /wp-content/themes/ directory for resido folder, or query the WordPress options table for current_theme templateAffected if Resido theme is the active or installed theme
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Check installed Resido theme versionInspect the style.css file in /wp-content/themes/resido/ header for 'Version:' tag, or check theme data via WordPress REST API at /wp-json/wp/v1/themes, or look in themes.php admin pageAffected if Version is 3.6 or lower (versions prior to the patch)
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Identify registered AJAX endpointsSearch theme files (typically functions.php or includes/ajax.php) for 'wp_ajax_delete_api_key' and 'wp_ajax_save_api_key' action hooks, or grep for 'add_action.*ajax' in theme directoryAffected if These AJAX action hooks exist in the theme code
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Verify AJAX endpoints lack capability checksExamine the callback functions for delete_api_key and save_api_key in theme PHP files for current_user_can() or capability checks; look for missing 'nopriv' handling if checking unauthenticated accessAffected if No capability check (like current_user_can) exists before the API key operations, or wp_ajax_nopriv_ is registered without proper authorization
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Test unauthenticated AJAX accessSend a POST request to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=delete_api_key or action=save_api_key without authentication cookies; observe if the server accepts the request (returns 200 rather than 401/403)Affected if Requests complete without authentication and the server returns a valid response (not 401 Unauthorized or 403 Forbidden)
A user is affected if the Resido theme version is 3.6 or lower AND the delete_api_key/save_api_key AJAX endpoints are exposed without capability checks, allowing unauthenticated API key manipulation.
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 theme to a version beyond 3.6 when a patch becomes available, or temporarily disable the vulnerable AJAX endpoints by removing or de-registering them via child theme functions until a fix is released.
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