CVE-2025-14629
Alchemist Ajax Upload <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media File Deletion
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Jan 24, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 12, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Alchemist Ajax Uploadtandubhai |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/865dbcf5-7990-40f3-bb90-3ae359b52c6f?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/alchemist-ajax-upload/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alchemist-ajax-upload/tags/1.1/alchemist_ajax_upload.php#L231
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alchemist-ajax-upload/trunk/alchemist_ajax_upload.php#L231
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