CVE-2025-9114
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 Doccure theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change in versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This is due to the plugin providing user-controlled access to objects, letting a user bypass authorization and access system resources. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts.
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 Doccure WordPress theme before version 1.5.1 contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass authorization and change arbitrary user passwords. The plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before processing password change requests, enabling full administrator account takeover.
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 Doccure theme is installedCheck if the Doccure theme exists in your WordPress installation by looking in the wp-content/themes/ directory for a folder named 'doccure' or similar theme folder.Affected if The Doccure theme directory is present in your WordPress themes folder.
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Identify the installed Doccure theme versionOpen the theme's style.css file typically found at wp-content/themes/doccure/style.css and locate the 'Version:' header in the comment block at the top of the file. Record the version number.Affected if The version listed is 1.5.0 or any version lower than 1.5.0.
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Determine if password reset functionality is exposedTest whether unauthenticated requests can access the password change endpoint. This typically involves sending a request to your site's password reset or user update mechanism without providing authentication credentials. Look for any REST API endpoints or AJAX handlers that handle password changes.Affected if The password change or reset functionality responds to unauthenticated requests without requiring login credentials.
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Verify if arbitrary user password modification is possibleAttempt to modify a known user account password using an unauthenticated request, observing whether the application accepts the request without verifying the requester's identity or requiring a valid nonce/token.Affected if You can successfully change a user's password without being logged in or without providing valid authentication.
You are affected if the Doccure theme is installed at version 1.5.0 or earlier AND the password change functionality is accessible to unauthenticated users.
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 dataUpgrade Doccure theme to version 1.5.1 or later. Until patched, consider disabling the theme or implementing web application firewall rules to block password reset/change endpoints.
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