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CVE-2024-5856: Comment Images Reloaded <= 2.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Media Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Comment Images Reloaded plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the cir_delete_image AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary media attachments.

Affected products

• wppuzzle Comment Images Reloaded: through 2.2.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-images-reloaded/trunk/functions/delete-comment.php#L7
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f2dc3e7-1e10-4547-8469-726c6747465d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-images-reloaded/trunk/functions/delete-comment.php#L7
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f2dc3e7-1e10-4547-8469-726c6747465d?source=cve

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