CVE-2026-5581

critical

Description

The Multi Uploader for Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary media deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8. This is due to missing capability checks in the `plupload_ajax_delete_file()` function, which is registered via `wp_ajax_nopriv_gfmu_delete_file`. The nonce intended for CSRF protection is exposed on any public-facing page containing a multi-uploader form field via the `GFMU_options` JavaScript object. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to permanently delete any WordPress media attachment by supplying its attachment ID, potentially leading to complete media library destruction.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16dca898-1a98-4e0b-8f48-dc01ba2dc4e6?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3501985%40gf-multi-uploader%2Ftrunk&old=3421317%40gf-multi-uploader%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gf-multi-uploader/trunk/inc/GFMUHandlePluploader.class.php#L66

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gf-multi-uploader/trunk/GFMUAddon.class.php#L131

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gf-multi-uploader/tags/1.1.8/inc/GFMUHandlePluploader.class.php#L66

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gf-multi-uploader/tags/1.1.8/GFMUAddon.class.php#L131

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-05

Updated: 2026-08-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00456