CVE-2025-14675 — exposed on the internet

CVE-2025-14675: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in metabox Meta Box

Internet exposure observed by OffSeq scans · last 30 days

Found on 2 internet-exposed hosts by OffSeq scans; no in-the-wild exploitation has been observed against OffSeq honeypots in this window.

About CVE-2025-14675

The Meta Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the 'ajax_delete_file' function in all versions up to, and including, 5.11.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

Vendor: metaboxCWE-22

OffSeq internet scanning found CVE-2025-14675 on 2 exposed hosts in the last 30 days. OffSeq honeypots have not recorded in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE in the current window — this page tracks its exposure footprint and status; if exploitation begins, the live honeypot signal will appear here.

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