Videospirecore Theme Plugin <= 1.0.6 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via User Email Change/Account Takeover

Am I affected?

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

What to do

1. No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
3. Watch Videospirecore Theme Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Phat RiO.

The 'Videospirecore Theme Plugin' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

• Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

1. Feb 10, 2026

   CVE published

   Severity high, CVSS 8.8

2. Nov 13, 2026

   Record last updated