CVE-2021-25013: Qubely < 1.7.8 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Deletion
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.42% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The Qubely WordPress plugin before 1.7.8 does not have authorisation and CSRF check on the qubely_delete_saved_block AJAX action, and does not ensure that the block to be deleted belong to the plugin, as a result, any authenticated users, such as subscriber can delete arbitrary posts
- Published
- Jan 24, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 37th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| themeum | qubely | cpe:2.3:a:themeum:qubely |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- themeum qubelybefore 1.7.8
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Unknown Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks
- 1.7.8 and later · before 1.7.8affected
Same product
themeum: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-24916Qubely < 1.8.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary E-mail Sending31Monitor
- CVE-2024-13228Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks <= 1.8.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via qubely_get_content26Monitor
- CVE-2026-39638WordPress Qubely plugin <= 1.8.14 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability23Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- Later →CVE-2023-0376Jan 16, 2024 · Qubely < 1.8.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-9601Feb 14, 2025 · Qubely – Advanced Gutenberg Blocks <= 1.8.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'align' and 'UniqueID'21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2025-26767Feb 16, 2025 · WordPress Qubely plugin <= 1.8.12 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-22-0081 · Jan 25, 2022(WordPress Eklenti Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.