🛡️ CVE-2023-0717
🟡 CVSS 5.4 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-862 NVD
5.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_delete_folder function in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to invoke this function and perform actions intended for administrators such as modifying the folder structure maintained by the plugin.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-862
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-02-08
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2026-04-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
wicked-folders 2.18.16

References

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