Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-0958Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin <= 4.2.9 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Deletion
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin from nitesh_singh. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary auctions, posts as well as pages and allows them to execute other actions related to auction handling.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| nitesh_singh | Ultimate WordPress Auction Plugin | 0 – through 4.2.9 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af3675c9-3a6b-4139-85e8-2fc57f290e82?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php#L274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php#L219
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-auction/trunk/ajax-actions/send-private-msg.php#L35
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3242416/ultimate-auction/trunk/ultimate-auction.php