Blaze Demo Importer <= 1.0.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Install

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-8446
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published September 15, 2025
Last Updated September 16, 2025
Researcher wesley (wcraft)
Description

The Blaze Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized limited plugin install due to a missing capability check on the 'blaze_demo_importer_install_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate a limited number of specific plugins. The News Kit Elementor Addons plugin and a BlazeThemes theme must be installed and activated in order to exploit the vulnerability.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug blaze-demo-importer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.12
Patched Version
  • 1.0.13
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