Missing authorization in flextheme Flex Import
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-862.
Summary
The Flex Import plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to the license_activate_fleximp() and license_deactivate_fleximp() functions, hooked to the wp_ajax_license_activate_fleximp and wp_ajax_license_deactivate_fleximp AJAX actions, lacking both a capability check (current_user_can()) and nonce verification (the client-side script sends a 'wpnonce' value but the handlers never validate it). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate an arbitrary/fraudulent license key (persisting it via update_option('fleximp_is_premium') and toggling validation, suspension, and bundle status options) or deactivate the site's legitimate license (deleting the stored key and setting fleximp_validation_status to false), thereby disrupting the plugin's premium functionality.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9615
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-47cg-2qj2-mr6r
References
Other 10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0143b789-06ea-47da-9736-3266f91a9e33?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.8/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L86
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.8/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L93
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.8/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.8/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.5/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L86
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.5/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L93
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.5/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L159
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-import/tags/2.5/includes/fleximp-license-functions.php#L161
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3630901%40flex-import&new=3630901%40flex-import
Sources
- CVE-2026-9615 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9615 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-47cg-2qj2-mr6r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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