framework-y Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 Setting admin-ajax.php hc_ajax_save_option missing authentication

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in framework-y Hybrid Composer 1.4.6. Affected by this vulnerability is the function hc_ajax_save_option of the file admin-ajax.php of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-25738. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in framework-y Hybrid Composer 1.4.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function hc_ajax_save_option of the file admin-ajax.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.

The weakness was shared by yasin as 47154. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-25738 since 06/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin-ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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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• framework-y

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• Hybrid Composer

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• 1.4.6

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