CVE · Critical

CVE-2023-40204 — Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager [folders] < 2.9.3

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2023-40204 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager [folders] < 2.9.3 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Critical 9.1 < 2.9.3 2.9.3 2023-08-28

CVE-2023-40204

The Folders plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.9.3 contains an arbitrary file upload flaw that permits attackers to upload unrestricted file types to a website. An attacker could exploit this to introduce malicious files such as backdoors, which upon execution would grant them deeper access to the site. This security issue was identified by Rafie Muhammad and has been resolved in version 2.9.3 and later.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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