CVE-2025-4606
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-4606 is a critical-severity Unverified Password Change (CWE-620) vulnerability in Themeforest (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Account Manipulation (T1098); ranked at the 44th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-11 (Re-authentication) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-4606 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Sala - Startup & SaaS WordPress Theme for WordPress in all versions up to and including 1.1.4. The issue stems from the theme failing to properly validate a user's identity before allowing updates to account details, such as passwords. This flaw, classified under CWE-620 (Unverified Privilege Delegation), carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H), indicating critical severity due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By leveraging the inadequate validation, attackers can arbitrarily change passwords for any user account, including administrators, enabling full account takeover and subsequent control over the WordPress site.
Advisories detailing the vulnerability, including potential mitigation steps, are available from sources such as the Wordfence threat intelligence page (https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aa385a1f-1623-4f0a-bb2f-d4564b8f91bf?source=cve) and the theme's ThemeForest listing (https://themeforest.net/item/sala-startup-saas-wordpress-theme/33843955?s_rank=4), published on 2025-07-09. Security practitioners should consult these for guidance on updates or workarounds.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20770
Vulnerability Data
The Sala - Startup & SaaS WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.4. This is due to the theme not properly validating a user's identity prior…
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to updating their details like password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Re-authentication explicitly requires users to prove identity before performing sensitive actions such as password changes.
Authenticator management requires identity verification during password distribution and changes, directly stopping unverified password updates.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requires secure management of authentication information, directly addressing the need to verify the original password before allowing a change.
Mandates secure authentication mechanisms, which include verifying existing credentials before permitting password changes.
Identity management processes can incorporate verification steps, but the control itself does not explicitly require password-change verification.
Information access restriction can be strengthened by password verification, yet the control focuses on access rights rather than change procedures.