CVE-2026-12418
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs
Summary
The User Frontend plugin for WordPress up to version 4.3.7 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) via the 'wpuf_files_data' parameter. Missing validation on a user-controlled key allows unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the post_title, post_content, and post_excerpt of any arbitrary post, including administrator posts.
Risk Assessment
Attackers can modify any content on the site, leading to defacement, malicious content injection, or data manipulation. The vulnerability is easy to exploit as it only requires access to a WPUF submission form, which is available to users without any WordPress role.
Recommendation
Immediately update the User Frontend plugin to version 4.3.8 or later. If an update is not available, temporarily disable WPUF submission forms or restrict access to trusted users only.
Other vulnerabilities in User Frontend
See all- CVE-2026-5459Medium
The User Frontend plugin for WordPress versions up to 4.3.1 contains an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the payment_page() function. Missing validation on the 'user_id' parameter allows unauthenticated attackers to activate a free subscription pack for any user, overwriting their existing paid subscription and causing loss of paid features.
- CVE-2026-14558High
The User Frontend WordPress plugin before version 4.3.10 does not properly validate field type definitions and deserializes user-controlled post metadata when rendering submitted posts. Users with Editor-level access and above can inject arbitrary PHP objects, which can lead to remote code execution when a suitable POP chain is present on the site.
- CVE-2026-12406Medium
The User Frontend plugin for WordPress up to version 4.3.7 has an authorization bypass vulnerability. Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary media attachments with post_author 0 via the wpuf_file_del AJAX action.
Original NVD description (English source)
The User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.7 via the 'wpuf_files_data' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the post_title, post_content, and post_excerpt of any arbitrary post on the site, including posts authored by administrators. Exploitation requires access to any WPUF post submission form; this is achievable by users with no WordPress role, as the wpuf_submit_post AJAX action is gated only by a nonce with no capability check for the downstream post-edit operation.