Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 — Missing Authorization on ajax_save_folder_order
CVE-2023-0720Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types wicked-folders
- Affected≤ 2.18.16
- Patched in2.18.17
Update to 2.18.17 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.18.16. Version 2.18.17 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.18.17, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Marco Wotschka.
The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_folder_order 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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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