Vulnerability · Published Aug 2, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-15248Meta Box < 5.13.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via IDOR

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Meta Box from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.13.1 does not verify that a user is authorized to delete the supplied attachment before deleting it, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as Contributor to permanently delete arbitrary media attachments belonging to other users.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Meta Box	0 – before 5.13.1

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a101136d-606f-4529-ae78-a4fff7724e2c/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description