CVE-2025-15096
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 'Videospirecore Theme Plugin' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
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 Videospirecore Theme Plugin for WordPress fails to validate user identity before allowing email address updates. Authenticated users with Subscriber-level permissions can modify arbitrary user email addresses, including administrator accounts, then trigger a password reset to hijack those accounts.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Locate the Videospirecore plugin filesCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named videospirecore, videospirecore-theme, or similar variant containing 'videospirecore' in the nameAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Identify the installed version numberOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually plugin-name.php) and locate the version in the plugin header comment (look for 'Version: x.x.x' or similar)Affected if The version displayed is below 1.0.7 or cannot be determined (older/unmaintained plugin)
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and check if the Videospirecore-related plugin is currently activatedAffected if The plugin is active and the version is below 1.0.7
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Check for user email update functionalityInspect the plugin source code for functions handling profile email updates (look for 'update_user_meta', 'email', 'profile' related functions)Affected if The plugin contains email update logic without proper capability checks (e.g., missing 'edit_users' or 'manage_options' validation)
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Confirm Subscriber-level access existsIn WordPress admin under Users > Users List, verify that Subscriber role accounts exist on the siteAffected if Subscriber accounts exist on the site and the vulnerable plugin version (<1.0.7) is installed and active
The environment is affected if the Videospirecore Theme Plugin is installed, active, and running at a version earlier than 1.0.7, with Subscriber-level user accounts present on the site.
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 to version 1.0.7 or later which contains proper authorization validation. Alternatively, remove the plugin until a fix is available.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-15096 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.
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- 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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