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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-2238

The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30.

Published Apr 25, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Odin_Design Vikinger

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-2238. EPSS is 0.38%. Act only if a listed version of Odin_Design Vikinger is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.38%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor Odin_Design Vikinger 0 ≤1.9.30

The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30. This is due to insufficient user_meta restrictions in the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator-level.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Odin_Design Vikinger 0 ≤1.9.300 ≤1.9.30

How to fix CVE-2025-2238

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-2238. EPSS is 0.38%. Act only if a listed version of Odin_Design Vikinger is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Odin_Design Vikinger 0 ≤1.9.30 0 ≤1.9.30. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.38%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30. This is due to insufficient user_meta restrictions in the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator-level.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30. This is due to insufficient user_meta restrictions in the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator-level.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-2238

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-2238

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12389

    The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30. This is due to insufficient user_meta restrictions in the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.