CVE-2025-5956 Missing authorization in WP Human Resource Management
Authenticated employees can delete arbitrary user accounts, including administrators, due to missing authorization checks in the WP Human Resource Management 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-2025-5956?
CVE-2025-5956 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in asaquzzaman WP Human Resource Management, published on 4 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Deletion due to a missing authorization within the ajax_delete_employee() function in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The plugin’s deletion handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['delete'] array and passes each ID directly to wp_delete_user() without verifying that the caller has the delete_users capability or limiting which user IDs may be removed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to delete arbitrary accounts, including administrators.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5956?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mishubd Wp Human Resource Management.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5956?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5956 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-2025-5956 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5956 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in asaquzzaman WP Human Resource Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vw6r-vcj6-3hf5.