What is CVE-2019-14793?

CVE-2019-14793 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metabox Meta Box, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-14793?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-14793 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Metabox Meta Box

CVE-2019-14793

The Meta Box plugin before 4.16.3 for WordPress allows file deletion via ajax, with the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rwmb_delete_file attachment_id parameter.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.010 (59.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Metabox Meta_box
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14793?: CVE-2019-14793 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metabox Meta Box, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-14793?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-14793 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.