Customify <= 0.4.11 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Customify theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 0.4.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the reset_customize_section function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset theme customization settings via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00204 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pressmaximum | Customify | up to 0.4.11 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Customify Vendorpressmaximum Affected up to 0.4.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8669
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mf7h-pjm6-28hp
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a3425d78-1e24-4224-bfdc-a3e11735384f?source=cve
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customify/0.4.11/inc/customizer/class-customizer.php#L55
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/291160/customify/0.4.12/inc/customizer/class-customizer.php
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-8669/
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- TI-2025-22127 WordPress Currency Switcher for WooCommerce plugin <= 0.0.7 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-19791 WordPress Customify theme <= 0.4.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-8669 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8669 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mf7h-pjm6-28hp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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