CVE-2019-14793

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Published: August 9, 2019 at 12:16 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorMetabox

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Metabox · Metaboxwordpress-plugin

95%

v < 4.16.3

Affected range stops below 4.16.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://metabox.io/changelog/

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://metabox.io/changelog/

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2019/02/01/full-disclosure-of-authenticated-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-300000-installs/

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-862

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