CVE-2025-13405 (GCVE-0-2025-13405)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-25 07:28 – Updated: 2025-11-25 14:35
VLAI?
Title
Ace Post Type Builder <= 1.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Custom Taxonomy Deletion via 'taxonomy' Parameter
Summary
The Ace Post Type Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized custom taxonomy deletion due to missing authorization validation on the cptb_delete_custom_taxonomy() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary custom taxonomies.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
buywptemplates Ace Post Type Builder Affected: * , ≤ 1.9 (semver)
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Credits
Abhirup Konwar
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