CVE-2025-13921 weDocs <= 2.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Documentation Post Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify any documentation post due to missing capability checks in the weDocs WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13921?
CVE-2025-13921 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot, published on 23 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13921?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13921?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-13921 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13921 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qwh9-h352-5pg4.