CVE-2025-64259
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Jeroen Schmit Theater for WordPress theatre allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Theater for WordPress: from n/a through <= 0.18.8.
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 Jeroen Schmit Theater for WordPress plugin (versions through 0.18.8) contains a missing authorization vulnerability allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control likely permits unauthenticated or underprivileged users to access sensitive functionality or perform actions that should require higher privileges.
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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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Confirm the plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'theater-for-wordpress' or similarAffected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (typically named theater-for-wordpress.php or similar) and locate the 'Version:' field in the plugin header comment, or check readme.txt for the version numberAffected if The version number cannot be determined or is <= 0.18.8
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, check if the plugin is activated; or query the wp_options table for the active_plugins option to confirm the plugin is enabledAffected if The plugin is activated and version <= 0.18.8
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Confirm access control exposureReview the plugin source code for functions performing sensitive actions (such as database modifications, content creation, or settings changes) that lack current_user_can() or capability checksAffected if Sensitive functions are accessible without proper authorization checks and plugin version <= 0.18.8
If the Theater for WordPress plugin is active at version 0.18.8 or lower, the missing authorization vulnerability is present in the environment.
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.
dbcve · scopedImplement proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive functions within the plugin, ensuring actions verify user permissions before execution.
Latest available version of Theater for WordPress (newer than 0.18.8)
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate the 'Theater for WordPress' plugin by Jeroen Schmit
- Check if an update is available and install the latest version
- Verify the plugin updated to a version newer than 0.18.8
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- 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-2025-64259 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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