The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.13.1 does not verify that a user is authorized to delete the supplied attachment before deleting it, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as Contributor to permanently delete arbitrary media attachments belonging to other users.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | Meta Box | unaffected |
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Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.13.1 does not verify that a user is authorized to delete the supplied attachment before deleting it, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as Contributor to permanently delete arbitrary media attachments belonging to other users. | |
| Title | Meta Box < 5.13.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via IDOR | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-02T06:00:09.852Z
Reserved: 2026-07-09T12:15:58.908Z
Link: CVE-2026-15248
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