CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-13405

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.26%

17th percentile - higher than 17% of all known CVEs

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 allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to delete arbitrary custom taxonomies.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can delete custom taxonomies, potentially leading to data loss and site disruption.

Recommendation

Update the Ace Post Type Builder plugin to a version later than 1.9.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS