Meta Box <= 5.11.1 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion
CVE-2025-14675Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.11.1Update to 5.11.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites meta-box
- Affected≤ 5.11.1
- Patched in5.11.2
Update to 5.11.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.11.1. Version 5.11.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 5.11.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to JongHwan Shin (zzzsleep).
The Meta Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'ajax_delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 5.11.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.15.3Update to 5.15.4 | CVE-2026-123472 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.15.3Update to 5.15.4 | CVE-2026-120836 | |
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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