WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP User Frontend < 4.2.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion

Description

The Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submission – WP User Frontend plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'Frontend_Form_Ajax::submit_post' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete attachment.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-user-frontend
Fixed in 4.2.5

References

CVE
CVE-2025-14047
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e95b16f-a25a-45c7-a875-2d34a1e127ce

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
shark3y
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
e667278f-7563-4c58-ba82-a6d50e1a7a30

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-01-01 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-01-01 (about 5 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-23 (about 4 months ago)

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