CVE-2025-9049
Authenticated low-privilege users can escalate to admin via Nokri theme missing capability check
Is CVE-2025-9049 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-9049 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-9049?
CVE-2025-9049 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-9049?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-9049. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-9049 affect?
CVE-2025-9049 affects Nokri – Job Board WordPress Theme <= 1.6.4, WordPress sites using the Nokri theme. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-9049?
Update Nokri theme to the patched version; restrict new user roles and audit accounts
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated subscribers can create employer-member accounts then change any user's email to take over administrator accounts (privilege escalation/account takeover).
Immediate action required
- affected<= 1.6.4
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.