Meta Box - WordPress Custom Fields Framework <= 4.16.2 - File Deletion via attachment_id Parameter

8.1
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2019-14793
CVSS 8.1 (High)
Publicly Published February 2, 2019
Last Updated January 29, 2023

Description

The Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.

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Vulnerability Details for Meta Box

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meta-box (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.16.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.16.3
Patched Version
  • 4.16.3

Recent vulnerabilities in Meta Box

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Meta Box < 5.13.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference CVE-2026-15248 4.3 Simon Tran August 2, 2026
2 Meta Box <= 5.11.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2026-39468 8.1 Nguyen Ba Khanh April 13, 2026
3 Meta Box <= 5.11.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2025-14675 7.2 JongHwan Shin (zzzsleep) March 6, 2026
4 Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework <= 5.9.10 - Missing Authorization to Information Exposure CVE-2024-43235 4.3 Rafie Muhammad August 9, 2024
5 Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework <= 5.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Information Exposure via Post Meta CVE-2024-1204 4.3 Scott Kingsley Clark March 25, 2024
6 Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework <= 5.9.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-6526 6.4 Francesco Carlucci February 5, 2024
7 Meta Box <= 4.16.1 - Mishandling of File Upload CVE-2019-14794 7.5 February 1, 2019

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