CVE-2025-5956

HIGH EPSS 20.9%
Published Jul 4, 202512mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 4, 2025 12mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.1
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
20.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-862 Missing Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
mishubdwp_human_resource_management*≥2.0.0  –  ≤2.2.17

References 3

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hrm/tags/2.2.17/class/employee.php#L48
    Product
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/hrm/#developers
    Release Notes
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28cf0f3f-0048-4da9-aa86-243479f7b974?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.