Wicked Folders <= 4.1.0 — Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Folder Deletion
CVE-2026-1883Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.1.0Update to 4.1.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat 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:NAvailability- None
- 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≤ 4.1.0
- Patched in4.1.1
Update to 4.1.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.1.0. Version 4.1.1 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 4.1.1, 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 Youssef Elouaer.
The Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the delete_folders() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders created by other users.
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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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization on ajax_move_object ≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17 | CVE-2023-0712 | |
| Medium5.4 | Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_save_state ≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17 | CVE-2023-0722 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization on ajax_add_folder ≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17 | CVE-2023-0713 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization on ajax_save_folder ≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17 | CVE-2023-0718 | |
| Medium5.4 | Missing Authorization via ajax_delete_folder ≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17 | CVE-2023-0717 |
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization on ajax_move_object
≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17
- Medium5.4Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_save_state
≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization on ajax_add_folder
≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization on ajax_save_folder
≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17
- Medium5.4Missing Authorization via ajax_delete_folder
≤2.18.16Update to 2.18.17
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
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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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.