High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 11, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-12637

Description

The Elastic Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a dynamic code generation feature in the process_theme function in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

WordPress/Elastic Theme Editorinferred
Range: <=0.0.3
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/elastic-theme-editor

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elastic-theme-editor/trunk/editor/class-elastic-editor.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e158a13d-5452-492a-875e-53791e1ff840nvd

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