# CVE-2025-11996: Find Unused Images <= 1.0.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete all site attachments due to missing capability checks in the Find Unused Images plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7972-43c4-25qh

## What is CVE-2025-11996?

CVE-2025-11996 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in toastwebsites Find Unused Images, published on 11 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Find Unused Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the fui_delete_image() and fui_delete_all_images() functiosn in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete all of a site's attachments.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Toastwebsites Find Unused Images.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11996 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11996 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11996 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in toastwebsites Find Unused Images, published on 11 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11996 exists.

Affected product: toastwebsites Find Unused Images. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11996/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11996

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11996/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.