CVE-2015-10143

CRITICAL

Platform theme <1.4.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The Platform theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the *_ajax_save_options() function in all versions up to 1.4.4 (exclusive). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT

by Marc-Alexandre Montpas, Christian Mehlmauer · rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_platform_exec.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (3)

[Press/Media Coverage, Technical Description, Exploit] https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/01/security-advisory-vulnerabilities-in-pagelinesplatform-theme-for-wordpress.html

[Exploit] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/wp_platform_exec.rb

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c16fab08-6b2c-433a-9105-fc15f5c52575?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.6745

EPSS Percentile 98.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (2)

PageLines/Platform < 1.4.4

pagelines/platform_theme < 1.4.4

Published Jul 25, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026