CVE-2026-2278: Vowelweb Vw Writer Blog

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The VW Writer Blog theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'vw_writer_blog_reset_all_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset all theme customizer settings to their defaults.

Affected products

• Vowelweb Vw Writer Blog: up to and including 1.3.8

Published 2026-09-19. Last modified 2026-09-21.