VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2025-14629
The Alchemist Ajax Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized media file deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Alchemist Ajax Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized media file deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress media attachments.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alchemist-ajax-upload/tags/1.1/alchemist_ajax_upload.php#L231
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alchemist-ajax-upload/trunk/alchemist_ajax_upload.php#L231
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/alchemist-ajax-upload/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/865dbcf5-7990-40f3-bb90-3ae359b52c6f?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.