CVE-2025-2238
Vikinger <= 1.9.30 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax'
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Apr 25, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 11, 2025
Description
The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30. This is due to insufficient user_meta restrictions in the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator-level.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
VikingerOdin_Design |
|
References
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