Reported vulnerability

Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme <= 6.7.16 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via AJAX

Q: Which versions of Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 6.7.16. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Q: Is a fix available for Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme. It lists these fixed versions: 6.7.17. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

Q: Where can I find my installed theme version?

In WordPress, go to Appearance > Themes and open Theme Details to find the installed version.

Published 14 Sept 2026

Updated 15 Sept 2026

CVE-2026-14805

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Wordfence advisory

high · CVSS 8.8

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.

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme

Software: theme · consulting
Affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 6.7.16
Fix availability: Fix available
Fixed versions: 6.7.17

Recommended action

Update to version 6.7.17, or a newer patched version

Further references (1)

wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc8dffc2-ae5b-4482-9eba-adc439a52c26?source=api-prod

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Source: Wordfence

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Questions about this vulnerability

Which versions of Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 6.7.16. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Is a fix available for Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in Consulting - Business, Finance WordPress Theme. It lists these fixed versions: 6.7.17. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

Where can I find my installed theme version?

In WordPress, go to Appearance > Themes and open Theme Details to find the installed version.

Does an affected version mean my website has been hacked?

An affected version means the installed release matches a vulnerability described in this report. It does not show whether anyone has exploited it on your website. The checker compares version numbers with stored reports; it does not inspect your website.

These reports cover at least one of the same plugins, themes or WordPress core. Check each report’s affected versions separately.

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