CVE-2025-1233
📋 TL;DR
The Lafka WordPress theme plugin allows authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher to modify theme options that control the entire site. This vulnerability affects all WordPress sites using Lafka theme versions up to 7.1.0. Attackers can change site appearance, functionality, or inject malicious content.
💻 Affected Systems
- Lafka WordPress Theme
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attacker with subscriber access modifies theme options to inject malicious JavaScript, redirect users to phishing sites, or deface the entire website.
Likely Case
Low-privileged user changes theme settings to disrupt site appearance or functionality, requiring administrative intervention to restore.
If Mitigated
With proper user access controls and monitoring, impact is limited to temporary configuration changes that can be quickly reverted.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is simple once authenticated. No public exploit code identified yet.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 7.1.1 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/lafka-fast-food-restaurant-woocommerce-theme/23969682
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes. 3. Check for Lafka theme updates. 4. Update to version 7.1.1 or later. 5. Clear any caching plugins.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable AJAX endpoint
allRemove or restrict access to the vulnerable 'lafka_options_upload' AJAX function
Add to theme's functions.php: remove_action('wp_ajax_lafka_options_upload', 'lafka_options_upload');
Add to theme's functions.php: remove_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_lafka_options_upload', 'lafka_options_upload');
Restrict user capabilities
allTemporarily limit subscriber-level users from accessing AJAX endpoints
Add to theme's functions.php: add_filter('user_has_cap', 'restrict_lafka_ajax', 10, 4); function restrict_lafka_ajax($allcaps, $caps, $args, $user) { if (in_array('subscriber', $user->roles)) { unset($allcaps['edit_theme_options']); } return $allcaps; }
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Temporarily deactivate Lafka theme and switch to default WordPress theme
- Implement strict user access controls and monitor for unauthorized theme modifications
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Appearance > Themes for Lafka theme version 7.1.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp theme list --field=name,version --path=/path/to/wordpress | grep lafkaVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm Lafka theme version is 7.1.1 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=lafka_options_upload from non-admin users
- Unexpected theme option changes in WordPress database
Network Indicators:
- AJAX requests to admin-ajax.php with lafk_options_upload parameter from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "admin-ajax.php" AND "lafka_options_upload" AND NOT user_role="administrator"