WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

weDocs < 2.1.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Documentation Post Update

Description

The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification or loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wedocs_user_documentation_handling_capabilities' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit any documentation post. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.1.16.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.1.17

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
blue0x1
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-01-22 (about 4 months ago)
Added
2026-01-23 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-23 (about 4 months ago)

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