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GHSA-VW6R-VCJ6-3HF5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-04 03:30 – Updated: 2025-08-13 21:30

Details

The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Deletion due to a missing authorization within the ajax_delete_employee() function in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The plugin’s deletion handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['delete'] array and passes each ID directly to wp_delete_user() without verifying that the caller has the delete_users capability or limiting which user IDs may be removed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to delete arbitrary accounts, including administrators.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2025-5956 (GCVE-0-2025-5956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-04 01:44 – Updated: 2025-07-08 14:27

Title

WP Human Resource Management 2.0.0 - 2.2.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Employee+) Arbitrary User Deletion via ajax_delete_employee Function

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://wordpress.org/plugins/hrm/#developers
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/ta…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	asaquzzaman	WP Human Resource Management	Affected: 2.0.0 , ≤ 2.2.17 (semver)

Credits

Kenneth Dunn

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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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GHSA-VW6R-VCJ6-3HF5

CVE-2025-5956 (GCVE-0-2025-5956)

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