CVE-2026-25009
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 raratheme Education Zone education-zone allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Education Zone: from n/a through <= 1.3.8.
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 confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in the Education Zone WordPress theme allows attackers to access functionality or data that should require proper authentication due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. This enables unauthorized users to potentially perform actions or view resources beyond their intended privileges.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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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Identify Education Zone theme installationIn WordPress admin, go to Appearance > Themes to confirm Education Zone theme is installed and note the version number displayedAffected if Education Zone theme is active on the WordPress site
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Compare installed version to current releaseCheck the theme developer marketplace or WordPress theme repository for the latest available version of Education Zone theme and compare it to your installed versionAffected if Your installed version is older than the latest available version (specific vulnerable version range not provided)
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Audit theme for admin AJAX endpointsInspect the theme directory (wp-content/themes/education-zone/) for PHP files containing 'admin-ajax.php' or 'wp_ajax_' hooks. These are typical locations for admin functionality that may lack authorizationAffected if The theme contains AJAX action handlers that process sensitive operations without capability checks
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Review theme functions for missing capability checksSearch theme PHP files for sensitive functions (settings updates, user data access, content modifications) and verify each includes current_user_can() or similar authorization checksAffected if Sensitive functions exist in the theme without current_user_can() or nonce verification checks
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Test sensitive endpoints without authenticationUse a non-authenticated browser session or curl to attempt access to any theme-specific admin pages, settings panels, or AJAX actions that should require loginAffected if Sensitive theme functionality is accessible without authentication or proper capability verification
User is affected if Education Zone theme is installed and any sensitive admin functionality or data is accessible without proper authentication, authorization checks, or capability verification.
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 the latest version of the Education Zone theme which should contain proper authorization controls. If no update is available, audit the theme code for functions lacking capability checks and nonce verification, then add proper authorization gates to all sensitive operations.
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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-2026-25009 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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