WP Human Resource Management 2.0.0 — 2.2.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Employee+) Arbitrary User Deletion via ajax_delete_employee Function
CVE-2025-5956Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 2.0.0 – 2.2.17No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP Human Resource Management hrm
- Affected2.0.0 – 2.2.17
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run 2.0.0 – 2.2.17. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Human Resource Management.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Human Resource Management to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to kr0d.
The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Deletion due to a missing authorization within the ajax_delete_employee() function in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The plugin’s deletion handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['delete'] array and passes each ID directly to wp_delete_user() without verifying that the caller has the delete_users capability or limiting which user IDs may be removed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to delete arbitrary accounts, including administrators.
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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All 4| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | 2.2.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Employee+) Privilege Escalation via wp_ajax_hrm_insert_employee AJAX Action 2.0.0 – 2.2.17No patch available | CVE-2025-5953 | |
| High7.5 | Sensitive Information Disclosure <2.2.6Update to 2.2.6 | CVE-2019-9574 | |
| High7.5 | Authorization Bypass <2.2.6Update to 2.2.6 | CVE-2019-9573 |
- High8.82.2.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Employee+) Privilege Escalation via wp_ajax_hrm_insert_employee AJAX Action
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- High7.5Sensitive Information Disclosure
<2.2.6Update to 2.2.6
- High7.5Authorization Bypass
<2.2.6Update to 2.2.6
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- 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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