CVE-2025-14741
📋 TL;DR
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps WordPress plugin has an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to delete any content (posts, pages, products, taxonomy terms) and user accounts. This affects all WordPress sites using plugin versions up to 3.28.25.
💻 Affected Systems
- Frontend Admin by DynamiApps WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete website destruction with all content and user accounts deleted, rendering the site unusable and requiring full restoration from backups.
Likely Case
Selective deletion of important content (homepage, product pages, user accounts) causing business disruption, data loss, and potential SEO damage.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper web application firewalls and intrusion detection systems block the attack attempts before damage occurs.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is simple to exploit as it requires no authentication and has a clear attack vector documented in the references.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.28.26
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-frontend-form-element/tags/3.28.26
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Frontend Admin by DynamiApps'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 3.28.26+ from WordPress.org and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the Frontend Admin plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate acf-frontend-form-element
Web Application Firewall rule
allBlock requests to the vulnerable delete_object function endpoint
Add WAF rule to block POST requests containing 'delete_object' action
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate WordPress installation
- Enable comprehensive logging and monitoring for delete operations
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Frontend Admin version. If version is 3.28.25 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get acf-frontend-form-element --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version shows 3.28.26 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual DELETE/POST requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php with 'delete_object' action
- Sudden increase in content deletion events
- Multiple 404 errors for previously existing content
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action=delete_object parameters
- Unusual traffic patterns from single IPs performing multiple delete operations
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (action="delete_object" OR "admin-ajax.php" AND method="POST" AND (uri="*delete*" OR params="*delete_object*"))