PT-2019-13838 · Meta Box · Meta Box

Published 2019-08-09 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-14793

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Meta Box plugin versions prior to 4.16.3

Description The issue allows file deletion via an ajax request. Specifically, it involves the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" endpoint with the attachment id parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.16.3, update to version 4.16.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" endpoint with the action=rwmb delete file parameter until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-14793

Affected Products

Meta Box

References · 4

• 🔥 https://pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/02/01/full-disclosure-of-authenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-300000-installs · Exploit
• https://metabox.io/changelog · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14793 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14793 · Security Note