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

CVE-2015-9476Published Jun 26, 2015 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤1.8.5Update to 1.8.6 or newer

All remediation steps

Watch theme

Severity

High8.8

CVSS

8.8

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:L Attack complexity: Low
PR:L Privileges required: Low
UI:N User interaction: None
S:U Scope: Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality: High
I:H Integrity: High
A:H Availability: High

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

Required access

Unknown

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

No score

CISA KEV

Not listed

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Am I affected?

Teardrop - Fullscreen Photography Theme | Portfolio teardrop

Affected≤ 1.8.5
Patched in1.8.6

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.8.5. Version 1.8.6 and later are not affected by this issue.

Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Teardrop - Fullscreen Photography Theme | Portfolio.
No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

Update to version 1.8.6, or a newer patched version
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
Watch Teardrop - Fullscreen Photography Theme | Portfolio to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Evex.

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.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Jun 26, 2015
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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