The Jawn theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mvpthemes
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Description The Jawn theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Title Jawn <= 1.4.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-266
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T05:31:29.287Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T16:53:08.840Z

Link: CVE-2026-78477

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T06:19:01.147

Modified: 2026-08-25T06:19:01.147

Link: CVE-2026-78477

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T06:45:03Z

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