CVE-2019-25142 — The Mesmerize & Materialis themes for WordPress are vulnerable to authenticated

The Mesmerize & Materialis themes for WordPress are vulnerable to authenticated options change in versions up to, and including,1.6.89 (Mesmerize) and 1.0.172 (Materialis). This is due to 'companion_disable_popup' function only checking the nonce while sending user

01What is this vulnerability?

The Mesmerize & Materialis themes for WordPress are vulnerable to authenticated options change in versions up to, and including,1.6.89 (Mesmerize) and 1.0.172 (Materialis). This is due to 'companion_disable_popup' function only checking the nonce while sending user input to the 'update_option' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to change otherwise restricted options.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-06-07T02:15:10.250
• Last modified: 2026-04-08T18:17:03.730

09References

• blog.nintechnet.com — https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-mesmerize-and-materialis-themes-fixed-an-a…
• themes.trac.wordpress.org — https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=…
• themes.trac.wordpress.org — https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=…
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/themes/materialis/
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/themes/mesmerize/
• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e4d70f03-69d5-4cca-8300-985f68d19ddc
• www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c9c3302-47cd-4dbe-b79…
• blog.nintechnet.com — https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-mesmerize-and-materialis-themes-fixed-an-a…
• themes.trac.wordpress.org — https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=…
• themes.trac.wordpress.org — https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=…