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WordPress Plugin: meta-box: CVE-2019-14793: Missing Authorization

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Published

Feb 2, 2019

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?actionequal torwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.

Solution

meta-box-plugin-cve-2019-14793

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14793
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8341c7fb-6f3f-45ee-86c3-9c9d2617594a?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-5925
CVE-2019-14793
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-14793
CWE-862
EUVD-EUVD-2019-5925

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