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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wedevs | User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration | ≤ 4.2.4 | — |
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- User Frontend <= 4.2.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Attachment Deletion http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-14047.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e95b16f-a25a-45c7-a875-2d34a1e127ce?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3430352/wp-user-frontend/trunk/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax.php#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax.php#L69
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php#L35
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php#L133