Answer in brief
CVE-2026-14805 records a High severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme <= 6.7.16 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via AJAX. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps StylemixThemes/Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme (generic), StylemixThemes/Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps StylemixThemes/Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme (generic), StylemixThemes/Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| StylemixThemes/Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Themegeneric | >=0 <=6.7.16 | Not reported |
| StylemixThemes/Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Themegeneric | 0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 15, 2026
The Consulting theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 6.7.16. This is due to a combination of two flaws: (1) the masterstudy_ms_stm_set_discard_transient AJAX endpoint in admin/admin-notices/classes/STMHandler.php accepts an arbitrary transient key without capability checks or nonce validation, and (2) the developer access login mechanism in admin/classes/stm-theme-support.php authenticates users based on a transient value without proper cryptographic validation when in legacy string mode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set the stm_developer_access_token transient to a known value (1), then authenticate as any existing user including administrators by visiting a specially crafted URL, thereby achieving full privilege escalation to administrator.
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