Construction Light < 1.6.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Activation
Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287 and CWE-352.
Summary
The Construction Light WordPress theme before 1.6.8 does not have authorisation and CSRF when activating via an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to activate arbitrary .
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00119 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Construction Light (Unknown): 1.6.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Construction Light | before 1.6.8 | 1.6.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- Construction Light VendorUnknown Affected before 1.6.8 Fixed in 1.6.8 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Construction Light (Unknown) Fixed in 1.6.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-10684
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9887-33qw-3wcg
References
Sources
- CVE-2025-10684 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-10684 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9887-33qw-3wcg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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