CVE-2025-14047 WP User Frontend <= 4.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Deletion
Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary attachments due to a missing capability check in the WP User Frontend plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14047?
CVE-2025-14047 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wedevs User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration, published on 2 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14047?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14047?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14047 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-2025-14047 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14047 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6w8g-45hg-7r2c.