{"id":74634,"date":"2025-09-13T16:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:23:34","slug":"cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-9114: Critical Arbitrary User Password Change Vulnerability in Doccure WordPress Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Critical security vulnerabilities are an ongoing issue for web-based applications, and WordPress themes are no exception. This blog post will delve into the specifics of the CVE-2025-9114 vulnerability discovered in the Doccure theme for WordPress. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82865\">vulnerability leaves websites using this theme exposed to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage. It is of particular concern because it allows unauthenticated attackers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46387-critical-authorization-bypass-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82262\">bypass authorization<\/a>, change user passwords, and potentially take over administrator accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-9114<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7775-critical-memory-overflow-vulnerability-in-netscaler-adc-and-gateway-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83775\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3713991038\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Doccure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85372\">WordPress Theme<\/a> | Up to and including 1.4.8<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45968-insecure-direct-object-reference-vulnerability-in-system-pdv-v1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82998\">Doccure<\/a> theme providing user-controlled access to system objects. This effectively allows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83257\">user to bypass<\/a> authorization protocols that are meant to prevent unauthorized system access. Specifically, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8450-unauthenticated-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-fortra-s-filecatalyst\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82260\">unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this vulnerability<\/a> to change user passwords, even those of administrator accounts. This ability to alter passwords could potentially allow the attacker to take over these accounts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9791-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac20-16-03-08-05-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84965\">leading to a full system<\/a> compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3897121205\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Consider the example of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9994-critical-unauthenticated-access-vulnerability-in-amp-ed-rf-bt-ap-111-http-admin-interface\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88843\">unauthenticated HTTP<\/a> POST request to an endpoint responsible for password changes. By crafting a malicious JSON payload, an attacker could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43931-potential-system-compromise-via-flask-boilerplate-s-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91479\">potentially change a user&#8217;s password:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/password\/change HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;username&quot;: &quot;admin&quot;,\n&quot;new_password&quot;: &quot;malicious_password&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the attacker targets the &#8220;admin&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43930-hashview-0-8-1-account-takeover-via-password-reset-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91342\">account and sets a new password<\/a> (&#8220;malicious_password&#8221;), effectively taking over the admin account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor patch as soon as possible. If an immediate patch cannot be applied, temporary mitigation can be achieved by implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to monitor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8418-arbitrary-plugin-installation-vulnerability-in-b-slider-gutenberg-slider-block-for-wp-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82535\">block malicious traffic attempting to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. It is highly recommended to take action immediately to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-0610-csrf-vulnerability-in-akinsoft-qr-menu-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85190\">potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Critical security vulnerabilities are an ongoing issue for web-based applications, and WordPress themes are no exception. This blog post will delve into the specifics of the CVE-2025-9114 vulnerability discovered in the Doccure theme for WordPress. This vulnerability leaves websites using this theme exposed to potential system compromise or data leakage. It is of particular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-74634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74634"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84615,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74634\/revisions\/84615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=74634"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=74634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}