The Sydney theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_modules' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.56. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or deactivate various theme modules.
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| Description | The Sydney theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'activate_modules' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.56. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate or deactivate various theme modules. | |
| Title | Sydney <= 2.56 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Theme Options Update | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: 2025-09-17T11:25:55.832Z
Updated: 2025-09-17T13:07:02.567Z
Reserved: 2025-08-13T18:26:47.098Z
Link: CVE-2025-8999
Updated: 2025-09-17T13:06:58.773Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-17T12:15:38.760
Modified: 2025-09-17T14:18:55.093
Link: CVE-2025-8999
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