CVE-2019-14793

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-08-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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

Affected products

Meta Box: before 4.16.3 — fixed in 4.16.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Meta Box 4.16.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://metabox.io/changelog/
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/02/01/full-disclosure-of-authenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-300000-installs/
https://metabox.io/changelog/
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/02/01/full-disclosure-of-authenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-300000-installs/

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