Unauthenticated user deletion via exposed AJAX action
Published Oct 27, 2025 · Updated Oct 27, 2025
Missing authorization in ThemeAtelier IDonate before 2.1.13 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress users. The public AJAX action panding_donor_action accepts target=delete and a numeric userid, then performs deletion without authorization or CSRF validation. No authentication or user interaction is required, and successful requests remove the selected WordPress account.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in ThemeAtelier IDonate before 2.1.13 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress users. The public AJAX action panding_donor_action accepts target=delete and a numeric userid, then performs deletion without authorization or CSRF validation. No authentication or user interaction is required, and successful requests remove the selected WordPress account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11154
- Published
- Oct 27, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 27, 2025
- Vendor
- ThemeAtelier
- Product
- IDonate
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-352, T1531
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.1.13
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What is affected?
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan unauthenticated user-deletion proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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