CVE-2025-9194 PUBLISHED

Constructor <= 1.6.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Theme Clean

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 19.08.2025 Published: 03.10.2025 Updated: 08.04.2026

The Constructor theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the clean() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a theme clean.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	antonshevchuk
Product	Constructor
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.6.5 (incl.)

Credits

Sulabh Jain finder

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9c479fc-2e98-4851-a36c-2fd219e750ed?source=cve
https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/constructor/1.6.5/libs/Constructor/Ajax.php

Problem Types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE