WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Media Hygiene < 4.0.3 - Missing Authorization

Description

The Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
media-hygiene
Fixed in 4.0.3

References

CVE
CVE-2025-49979
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d105cae2-2442-4726-bbe8-2edbd1e7a28c

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-862
CVSS
4.3 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
domiee13
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
6967dd92-e020-4083-b57e-85748b48dee8

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-06-19 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-06-25 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2026-03-31 (about 5 months ago)

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