Alchemist Ajax Upload <= 1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media File Deletion

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2025-14629
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	January 23, 2026
Last Updated	January 24, 2026
Researcher	ChamlaVic

Description

The Alchemist Ajax Upload plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized media file deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary WordPress media attachments.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	alchemist-ajax-upload (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.1
Patched Version

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