CVE-2019-25738
WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 Unauthenticated Settings Change
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Jun 4, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 4, 2026
Description
WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Hybrid Composerframework-y |
|
References
- ExploitDB-47154exploit
- Official Product Homepageproduct
- Product Referenceproduct
- Referencethird-party-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 Unauthenticated Settings Changethird-party-advisory
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