CVE-2025-5956
MEDIUMWP Human Resource Management 2.0.0-2.2.17 - Authenticated Arbitrary User Deletion via ajax_delete_employee()
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/hrm/#developers
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
21.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (1)
mishubd/wp_human_resource_management
2.0.0 - 2.2.17
Published
Jul 04, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026