CVE-2026-12406
Description
The User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary media attachments whose post_author is 0, such as guest and registration-form uploads, via the wpuf_file_del AJAX action. This is exploitable by unauthenticated visitors on any site where a WPUF shortcode is rendered on a front-end page, as this causes the valid wpuf_nonce value to be localized into publicly accessible JavaScript objects (wpuf_upload and wpuf_frontend), satisfying the sole access control gate.
Affected WordPress components
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User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission Plugin · wp-user-frontendUp to and including 4.3.7View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- wedevs User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile Builder, Membership & User Registration — Up to and including 4.3.7
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.2/includes/Ajax.php#L27
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.2/includes/Ajax/Upload_Ajax.php#L257
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.2/includes/Ajax/Upload_Ajax.php#L271
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.2/includes/Frontend.php#L88
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.7/includes/Ajax.php#L27
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.7/includes/Ajax/Upload_Ajax.php#L257
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.7/includes/Ajax/Upload_Ajax.php#L271
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.7/includes/Frontend.php#L88
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3578622%40wp-user-frontend&new=3578622%40wp-user-frontend
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0049583a-0ad3-45e4-a29e-4b8c33d09857?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record