CVE-2026-2278

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Description

The VW Writer Blog theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'vw_writer_blog_reset_all_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset all theme customizer settings to their defaults.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b1751f0-d385-43f5-bf90-82479a9c6694?source=cve

https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vw-writer-blog/trunk/functions.php#L487

https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vw-writer-blog/1.3.9/functions.php#L487

https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vw-writer-blog/1.3.6/functions.php#L487

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-83539

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-19

Updated: 2026-09-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00196