Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-13405
CVE-2025-13405
Description
The Ace Post Type Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized custom taxonomy deletion due to missing authorization validation on the cptb_delete_custom_taxonomy() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary custom taxonomies.
Affected products
2<=1.9+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=1.9
- (no CPE)range: <= 1.9
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ace-post-type-builder/tags/1.9/includes/class-cptb-core.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ace-post-type-builder/trunk/includes/class-cptb-core.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3412781/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b56cef33-057b-4c40-945f-68306597b00bnvd
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