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CVE-2026-15248 (GCVE-0-2026-15248)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-02 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-05 16:18

Title

Meta Box < 5.13.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via IDOR

Summary

The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.13.1 does not verify that a user is authorized to delete the supplied attachment before deleting it, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as Contributor to permanently delete arbitrary media attachments belonging to other users.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a101136d-606f-45…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Meta Box	Affected: 0 , < 5.13.1 (semver)

Credits

Duy WPScan

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GHSA-VPWF-36P2-3FWR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-02 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-05 18:31

Details

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

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  ],
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-vpwf-36p2-3fwr",
  "modified": "2026-08-05T18:31:28Z",
  "published": "2026-08-02T06:30:22Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15248"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a101136d-606f-4529-ae78-a4fff7724e2c"
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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-15248 (GCVE-0-2026-15248)

GHSA-VPWF-36P2-3FWR

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