PT-2026-1040 · WordPress · Wp User Frontend

Angus Girvan · Published 2026-01-02 · Updated 2026-01-02 · CVE-2025-14047

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP User Frontend plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 4.2.4

Description The Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submission – WP User Frontend plugin for WordPress has an issue where a missing capability check on the Frontend Form Ajax::submit post() function allows unauthenticated attackers to delete attachments.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 4.2.4.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-14047

Affected Products

Wp User Frontend

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14047 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/41207 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6e95b16f-a25a-45c7-a875-2d34a1e127ce?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php#L35 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3430352/wp-user-frontend/trunk/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php#L133 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax.php#L25 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax/Frontend_Form_Ajax.php#L55 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.2.2/includes/Ajax.php#L69 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/147470 · Telegram Post