---
id: CVE-2025-9266
title: >-
  The Accelerate theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification
  of data due to a missing capability check on the enqueue_scripts() function in
  all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3
summary: >-
  The Accelerate theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification
  of data due to a missing capability check on the enqueue_scripts() function in
  all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This makes it possible for
  authenticat…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2026-08-06'
updated: '2026-09-29'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-29T14:10:00.117'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9266'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/283564/accelerate/1.5.4/inc/admin/class-accelerate-admin.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eeacc903-9be2-4333-9528-d98707d1df55?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00264
epssPercentile: 0.16476
ingestedAt: '2026-09-29T14:36:14.078Z'
---

## Overview

The Accelerate theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the enqueue_scripts() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin.

## Remediation

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