---
id: CVE-2025-15689
title: Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Capella <= 2.5.5 versions.
summary: Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Capella <= 2.5.5 versions.
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
published: '2026-08-20'
updated: '2026-09-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-29T10:10:00.263'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15689'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/capella/vulnerability/wordpress-capella-theme-2-5-5-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-09-29T10:31:36.302Z'
epss: 0.00483
epssPercentile: 0.3918
---

## Overview

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Capella <= 2.5.5 versions.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.