📄 Description (English)
The 'Videospirecore Theme Plugin' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
The Videospirecore Theme Plugin for WordPress (versions ≤1.0.6) contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability allowing authenticated subscribers to change administrator email addresses and reset passwords, leading to complete account takeover. This vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi organizations using WordPress for government portals, banking websites, and corporate platforms. Immediate patching or plugin disabling is required to prevent unauthorized administrative access.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 22, 2026 04:03
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
High impact on Saudi government entities (NCA, CITC), banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions, STC), healthcare providers (MOH), and energy sector (ARAMCO subsidiaries) using WordPress. Risk is particularly acute for organizations with public-facing WordPress sites managing citizen services, financial transactions, or sensitive health/energy data. Subscriber-level compromise could lead to administrative takeover, data exfiltration, malware injection, and service disruption affecting millions of Saudi users.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government (NCA, CITC, Ministry of Interior)
Banking and Financial Services (SAMA-regulated banks)
Healthcare (Ministry of Health)
Energy (ARAMCO, Saudi Electricity Company)
Telecommunications (STC, Mobily)
Education (Universities, online learning platforms)
E-commerce and Retail
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
T1078 - Valid Accounts (account takeover via email change)
T1098 - Account Manipulation (unauthorized account modification)
T1110 - Brute Force (password reset exploitation)
T1556 - Modify Authentication Process (email-based password reset abuse)
T1087 - Account Discovery (enumeration of admin accounts)
T1021 - Remote Services (lateral movement via compromised admin account)
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.5
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Update Videospirecore Theme Plugin to version 1.0.7 or later immediately
2. If patch unavailable, disable the plugin and remove from production
3. Audit all user accounts for unauthorized email changes in the past 30 days
4. Force password reset for all administrative and privileged accounts
5. Review WordPress user logs for suspicious account modifications
DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor wp_usermeta table for email field modifications by non-admin users
- Alert on password reset requests following email changes
- Log all user_edit actions with source IP and user role
- Flag any subscriber-level user modifying user_email or user_login fields
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if immediate patching delayed):
- Restrict user registration to admin-only
- Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules blocking POST requests to user profile endpoints from subscriber accounts
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for all administrative accounts
- Implement IP whitelisting for WordPress admin panel access
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديث مكون Videospirecore Theme Plugin إلى الإصدار 1.0.7 أو أحدث فوراً
2. إذا لم يكن التحديث متاحاً، قم بتعطيل المكون وإزالته من الإنتاج
3. تدقيق جميع حسابات المستخدمين للتحقق من تغييرات البريد الإلكتروني غير المصرح بها في آخر 30 يوماً
4. فرض إعادة تعيين كلمة المرور لجميع الحسابات الإدارية والمميزة
5. مراجعة سجلات WordPress للتحقق من تعديلات الحساب المريبة
قواعد الكشف:
- مراقبة جدول wp_usermeta لتعديلات حقل البريد الإلكتروني من قبل المستخدمين غير الإداريين
- تنبيهات على طلبات إعادة تعيين كلمة المرور التي تتبع تغييرات البريد الإلكتروني
- تسجيل جميع إجراءات user_edit مع عنوان IP ودور المستخدم
- وضع علامة على أي مستخدم على مستوى المشترك يعدل حقول user_email أو user_login
الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر الإصلاح الفوري):
- تقييد تسجيل المستخدمين للمسؤولين فقط
- تنفيذ قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لحظر طلبات POST لنقاط نهاية ملف تعريف المستخدم من حسابات المشترك
- تفعيل المصادقة متعددة العوامل (2FA) لجميع الحسابات الإدارية
- تنفيذ القائمة البيضاء لعناوين IP لوصول لوحة إدارة WordPress
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.9.2.1 - User access management and authentication
ECC 2024 A.9.4.3 - Password management and change procedures
ECC 2024 A.12.4.1 - Event logging and monitoring
ECC 2024 A.14.2.1 - Secure development and change management
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.AM-1 - Asset management and inventory
SAMA CSF PR.AC-1 - Access control and authentication
SAMA CSF DE.CM-1 - Detection and monitoring
SAMA CSF RS.MI-2 - Incident response and mitigation
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.15 - Access control
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.16 - Authentication
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.3 - Logging and monitoring
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.32 - Change management
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
PCI DSS 2.1 - Default security parameters
PCI DSS 6.2 - Security patches and updates
PCI DSS 7.1 - Access control and least privilege
PCI DSS 10.2 - User access logging and monitoring