Unauthenticated attachment deletion via unchecked handlers
Published Nov 11, 2025 · Updated Nov 11, 2025
Missing authorization in SEO'n'AI – Image Locator & Find Unused Images 1.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to delete attachments. The fui_delete_image() and fui_delete_all_images() handlers perform attachment deletion without verifying a WordPress capability. No account or user interaction is required, and exploitation can remove every attachment from the site.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in SEO'n'AI – Image Locator & Find Unused Images 1.0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to delete attachments. The fui_delete_image() and fui_delete_all_images() handlers perform attachment deletion without verifying a WordPress capability. No account or user interaction is required, and exploitation can remove every attachment from the site.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11996
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Toast Plugins
- Product
- SEO'n'AI – Image Locator & Find Unused Images
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=* <=1.0.7
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