The Soledad theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'penci_update_option' function in all versions up to, and including, 8.6.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. This can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
CVE-2025-64188 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Theme Soledad. It affects Versions up to 8.6.9 and is fixed in 8.6.9.1.
CVE-2025-64188 is tracked for the Theme Soledad as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 8.6.9. Update Soledad to 8.6.9.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Theme |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
soledad
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| CVE | CVE-2025-64188 |
| Patched Versions |
8.6.9.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 8.6.9
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These internal links group the same WordPress theme by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Soledad <= 8.4.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Soledad <= 8.6.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'header_layout'
Soledad <= 8.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
Soledad <= 8.5.9 - Unauthenticated Limited Local File Inclusion
Soledad <= 8.7.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
Soledad <= 8.6.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
Soledad <= 8.6.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Soledad <= 8.7.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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