CVE-2025-5956 - WP Human Resource Management Plugin Arbitrary User Deletion Vulnerability

CVE-2025-5956 - WP Human Resource Management Plugin Arbitrary User Deletion Vulnerability

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Fri, 07/04/2025 - 08:28
CVE ID : CVE-2025-5956
Published : July 4, 2025, 3:15 a.m. | 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
Description : The WP Human Resource Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Deletion due to a missing authorization within the ajax_delete_employee() function in versions 2.0.0 through 2.2.17. The plugin’s deletion handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['delete'] array and passes each ID directly to wp_delete_user() without verifying that the caller has the delete_users capability or limiting which user IDs may be removed. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employee-level access and above, to delete arbitrary accounts, including administrators.
Severity: 6.5 | MEDIUM
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