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Theme Editor <= 3.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution

CVE-2025-9890 · theme-editor

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Vulnerability: Theme Editor <= 3.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution
Affected software: theme-editor(Plugin)
Affected versions: ≤ 3.0
Authentication: Not specified in feed title — see source advisory
Vulnerability type: Remote code execution
CVE: CVE-2025-9890
Published: 17 October 2025
CISA KEV: Not listed in CISA KEV at last catalog refresh
Impact: May allow attackers to run arbitrary code on the server if exploited.
Source: Data imported from Wordfence Intelligence (advisory 77189684-b794-41a0-8fc0-3320032c2f69). Methodology and redistribution notes

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