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CVE-2025-14829VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-14829: E-xact | Hosted Payment | (WordPress plugin) · Missing Authorization

Affects E-xact | Hosted Payment | (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
E-xact | Hosted Payment |Affected
  • <=2.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately restrict access to the plugin’s file management endpoints using web application firewalls (WAF) or server-level access controls to block unauthorized requests. 2. Implement strict input validation and sanitization on file path parameters to prevent directory traversal and arbitrary file deletion. 3. Monitor file system integrity regularly using tools like Tripwire or OSSEC to detect unauthorized file deletions or modifications. 4. Maintain up-to-date backups of all critical files and databases to enable rapid recovery in case of file deletion. 5. Disable or remove the E-xact | Hosted Payment | plugin if it is not essential or until a security patch is released. 6. Follow vendor advisories closely and apply security patches immediately once available. 7. Conduct penetration testing and code reviews focusing on authorization checks and file handling in the plugin. 8. Limit the web server’s file system permissions to the minimum necessary to reduce the impact of potential file deletions. 9. Employ network-level monitoring to detect anomalous HTTP requests targeting the plugin endpoints. 10. Educate development and security teams about the risks of missing authorization and secure coding practices to prevent similar vulnerabilities.

Description

The E-xact | Hosted Payment | WordPress plugin through 2.0 is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server.

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