CVE-2025-14868 Career Section <= 1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Deletion
Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary server files via CSRF by tricking administrators into clicking a link in the Career Section plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14868?
CVE-2025-14868 is a high-severity vulnerability in shahinurislam Career Section, published on 16 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to missing nonce validation and insufficient file path validation on the delete action in the 'appform_options_page_html' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14868?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14868?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-14868 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j38x-p248-237v.