WordPress theme
Altair <= 5.2.2 — Missing Authorization
CVE-2025-53999Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.2.2No patch available
What to do until a fix shipsMedium5.3CVSS 3.15.3CISA KEVNot listedAccessNo account needed
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Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2025-53999
- Product
- Altair altair
- Affected
- ≤5.2.2
- Fixed in
- no fix yet
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Published
- · updated
- Credit
- Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected≤ 5.2.2
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
The Altair theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.2. This is due to a missing capability check on a function.
This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.
Not sure which version you run? Run a passive check — it reads public files only.
Remediation & mitigations
- 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.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
- 9.8CVE-2025-32928Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- 9.8CVE-2024-12922Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update via pp_import_current
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
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.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.