CVE-2025-14047 (GCVE-0-2025-14047)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-02 01:48
Modified
2026-01-02 01:48
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tareq1988 User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration Version: *   ≤ 4.2.4
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