Vulnerability advisory

CVE-2025-13419

Research by Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan January 7, 2026
Overview

Summary

The Guest posting / Frontend Posting / Front Editor – WP Front User Submit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the '/wp-json/bfe/v1/revert' REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media attachments.

Risk profile

CVSS assessment

5.3 · M E D I U M
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
N E T W O R K
Complexity
L O W
Privileges
N O N E
User interaction
N O N E
Scope
U N C H A N G E D
Confidentiality
N O N E
Integrity
L O W
Availability
N O N E
Classification

Weaknesses

  • Missing Authorization CWE-862
Further reading

References

2 sources
  1. plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3432207%40front-editor&new=3432207%40front-editor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
  2. www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/874b3448-df4c-49c4-bf4f-435cf48f6305?source=cve