CVE-2025-14868

HIGH EPSS 33.0%
Published Apr 16, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 16, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to missing nonce validation and insufficient file path validation on the delete action in the 'appform_options_page_html' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
33.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3474216/career-section
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84936b68-923a-4da1-ae67-1d63d025342e?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.