Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-69393

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Jthemes Exzo exzo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Exzo: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.

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 confidence

Missing authorization vulnerability in Jthemes Exzo allows unauthenticated or unauthorized attackers to access sensitive functionality due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability has a CVSS 7.5 (HIGH) rating, indicating network-exploitable access control failures that require no authentication.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks on all sensitive endpoints and functions, enforce role-based access control (RBAC), and conduct a comprehensive access control configuration review to identify and remediate security level misconfigurations.

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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
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 checks

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  1. Identify if Exzo theme is installed
    Navigate to wp-content/themes/ directory or check WordPress admin Appearance > Themes to see if Exzo theme is present and active
    Affected if Exzo theme is installed and active on the WordPress site
  2. Determine Exzo theme version
    Open the theme's style.css file (typically in wp-content/themes/exzo/) and check the 'Version:' header in the file comment block
    Affected if Version is 1.2.4 or lower
  3. Locate AJAX action handlers in theme
    Search theme files for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks using grep or file search in the theme directory
    Affected if AJAX handlers exist without capability verification
  4. Verify permission checks on AJAX actions
    Open files containing wp_ajax_ hooks and inspect if they call current_user_can() or similar authorization functions before executing sensitive operations
    Affected if AJAX actions lack proper current_user_can() or role-based permission checks
  5. Check admin page handlers for authorization
    Inspect add_menu_page, add_submenu_page, and admin_init hooks in theme files to see if they verify user capabilities before displaying or executing privileged functions
    Affected if Admin functionality does not verify user permissions before executing

The environment is affected if Exzo theme version 1.2.4 or lower is installed AND the theme contains AJAX actions or admin pages that lack capability verification checks like current_user_can().

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks on all sensitive endpoints and functions, enforce role-based access control (RBAC), and conduct a comprehensive access control configuration review to identify and remediate security level misconfigurations.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation6.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,980
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