CVE-2025-69393
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69393 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and CM-6 (Configuration Settings).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-69393 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Jthemes Exzo WordPress theme. It enables exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects Exzo versions from n/a through 1.2.4.
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation results in high-impact confidentiality violations, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data, as indicated by the CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), without impacting integrity or availability.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this broken access control issue in the Exzo theme version 1.2.4 at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/exzo/vulnerability/wordpress-exzo-theme-1-2-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-207615
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Jthemes Exzo exzo allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Exzo: from n/a through <= 1.2.4.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct mapping to exploitation of a public-facing web application (WordPress theme) via missing authorization / broken access control, enabling unauthenticated remote data access.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations for access to information and system resources, directly preventing unauthenticated exploitation of the missing authorization vulnerability in the Exzo WordPress theme.
Requires restrictive configuration settings for system components including access controls, mitigating exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels in Exzo <=1.2.4.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as the broken access control in Exzo theme versions through 1.2.4, eliminating the vulnerability via patching.