Auth bypass in Bearsthemes Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-Profit WordPress Theme
CVE-2025-5394
The Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the alone_import_pack_install_plugin() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload zip files containing webshells disguised as plugins from remote locations to achieve remote code execution. CVE-2025-54019 is likely a duplicate of this.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.528 (98.9th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 98.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.521 · newest: 0.528 · change: +0.007
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-5394?
- CVE-2025-5394 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bearsthemes Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-Profit WordPress Theme, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-07-15.
- How severe is CVE-2025-5394?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-5394 known to be exploited?
- 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.