Spexo: A security weakness
Spexo is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 2.0.11.
- Component
- Spexo
- Plugin slug
spexo- Affected
- <= 2.0.11
- Safe version
> 2.0.11- Published
- Jun 27, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 27, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this theme.
Patch or disable the affected component.
Update Spexo to a release after 2.0.11, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
Technical description
The Spexo theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate a limited set of plugins.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N