CVE-2025-14629CWE-862
Alchemist Ajax Upload <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media File Deletion
Medium · published January 24, 2026
What it is
The Alchemist Ajax Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized media file deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress media attachments.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 5.3 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00326 · 24.5th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- Published
- 2026-01-24T07:26Z
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