Description
The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification or loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wedocs_user_documentation_handling_capabilities' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit any documentation post. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.1.16.
Published: 2026-01-23
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized modification of documentation posts
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wedevs
Wedevs wedocs
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wedevs
Wedevs wedocs
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description The weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification or loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wedocs_user_documentation_handling_capabilities' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit any documentation post. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 2.1.16.
Title weDocs <= 2.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Documentation Post Update
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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Wedevs Wedocs
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:20:52.515Z

Reserved: 2025-12-02T19:00:31.637Z

Link: CVE-2025-13921

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-23T18:39:57.474Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-23T14:16:12.663

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-13921

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T00:30:22Z

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