Teardrop - Fullscreen Photography Theme | Portfolio <= 1.8.5 - Arbitrary Options Update

Incorrect Default Permissions
CVE CVE-2015-9476
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published June 26, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Evex
Description

The Teardrop theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary option updates in versions up to, and including, 1.8.5. This is due to improper permission checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to modify otherwise restricted options.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Theme
Software Slug teardrop (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.5
Patched Version
  • 1.8.6
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