CVE-2025-13405: Buywptemplates Ace Post Type Builder

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Ace Post Type Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized custom taxonomy deletion due to missing authorization validation on the cptb_delete_custom_taxonomy() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary custom taxonomies.

Affected products

• Buywptemplates Ace Post Type Builder: up to and including 1.9

Published 2025-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.