CVE-2025-13921
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'…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.1.14/includes/Installer.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.1.14/includes/functions.php#L506
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3426704/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3440068/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c56234f3-7dd6-4dff-887d-5ddbf0cb7d3c?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.