Streamit Theme up to 4.0.2 on WordPress Email Address edit_profile authorization

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Streamit Theme up to 4.0.2 on WordPress. This impacts the function st_Authentication_Controller::edit_profile of the component Email Address Handler. This manipulation causes Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-2526. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Streamit Theme up to 4.0.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function st_Authentication_Controller::edit_profile of the component Email Address Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Streamit theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email in the 'st_Authentication_Controller::edit_profile' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-2526 since 03/19/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/08/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Streamit Theme

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• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2

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