WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2025-8595 Deferred

Zakra: A security weakness

Zakra 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.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Zakra
Plugin slug
zakra
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 06, 2025
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Aug 06, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this theme.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Zakra to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Source record

Technical description

The Zakra theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the welcome_notice_import_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to import demo settings.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources