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CVE-2025-14675: Meta Box <= 5.11.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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).

Affected products

• Meta Box: through 5.11.1

References

• https://github.com/wpmetabox/meta-box/pull/1654
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meta-box/tags/5.11.0/inc/fields/file.php#L30
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/meta-box/tags/5.11.0/inc/fields/file.php#L54
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3475210/meta-box#file3
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/036467de-95bb-4bfd-9522-df8dc17f3102?source=cve

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