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CVE Database / CVE-2023-0684

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CVE-2023-0684 — Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types [wicked-folders] < 2.18.17

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2023-0684 Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types [wicked-folders] < 2.18.17 Missing Authorization Medium 4.3 < 2.18.17 2.18.17 2023-02-06 —

CVE-2023-0684

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in versions up to 2.18.16 where the ajax_unassign_folders function lacks proper capability verification. This flaw allows any authenticated user with subscriber-level access or higher to call this function and modify the plugin's folder structure, operations that should be restricted to administrators only.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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