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Folders <= 2.9.2 — Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload

35afef52-350c-4b61-b9c0-3ae2572f81fbPublished · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <2.9.3Update to 2.9.3 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager folders

  1. Affected< 2.9.3
  2. Patched in2.9.3

Update to 2.9.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.9.3. Version 2.9.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.9.3, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

The Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the handle_folders_file_upload function in versions up to, and including, 2.9.2. This makes it possible for authors or higher to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager

All 7
More vulnerabilities in Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Media Replacement
≤3.1.5Update to 3.1.6
CVE-2025-12640
Medium4.3Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Folder Content Manipulation
≤3.1.5Update to 3.1.6
CVE-2025-12971
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload
≤3.0.3Update to 3.0.4
CVE-2024-7317
Medium4.3Directory Traversal via handle_folders_file_upload
≤3.0Update to 3.0.1
CVE-2024-2023
Medium5.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User First Name and Last Name
≤3.0.2Update to 3.0.3
CVE-2024-3868

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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