Meta Box – WordPress Custom Fields Framework, CVE-2025-14675
- CVE, Research URL
- Published on
- Mar 07, 2026
- Research Description
- The Meta Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'ajax_delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 5.11.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).
- Affected versions
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max 5.11.1.
- Status
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vulnerable
| Previous vulnerability researches |
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| Hello Elementor (CVE-2024-31289) , Jun 10, 2024 |