MediumVulnerability

CVE-2025-14486: PixelPlay WordPress plugin unauthorized API key deletion via clear_api_type

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2025-14486
Published: September 22, 2026
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.3%

Summary

The PixelPlay plugin for WordPress lacks authorization checks in all versions up to and including 1.0.2, tracked as CVE-2025-14486. Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary API keys for Pixabay, Unsplash, Pixels and OpenAI that site administrators configured, using the 'clear_api_type' parameter.

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 5.3(medium)
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector: network
Attack complexity: low
Privileges required: none
User interaction: none
EPSS: 0.3%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 9, 2026.
Disclosure date: September 22, 2026

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-122

Affected

Vendors: OpenAI

Classification

Attack type: Other
Attack sophistication: Trivial
AI component targeted: API
Impact: Integrity,
Availability
Labels: security,
industry

How this record was produced

Summaries, mitigations and labels on this page are generated automatically from the source. The linked source is authoritative. The source gives this advisory a description and no title, so the title above is a headline generated from the source text.

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14486

First tracked: September 22, 2026 at 08:09 AM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 85% (self-assessed)

Summary

Mitigation

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