---
id: CVE-2025-12876
title: >-
  The Projectopia – WordPress Project Management plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability
  check on the pto_delete_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including,
  5.1.19
summary: >-
  The Projectopia – WordPress Project Management plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability
  check on the pto_delete_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including,
  5.1.19. Thi…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2025-12-05'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T23:10:00.463'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12876'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/projectopia-core/trunk/includes/functions/general/general_functions.php#L389
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3417635/projectopia-core/trunk/includes/functions/general/general_functions.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/940c6a27-05a2-4eca-89ee-b483f88b9524?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00339
epssPercentile: 0.24668
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T23:21:16.890Z'
---

## Overview

The Projectopia – WordPress Project Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the pto_delete_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.19. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary attachments.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.