PT-2023-16148 · WordPress · Mediamatic – Media Library Folders

Marco Wotschka · CVE-2023-0293 · Published 2023-01-13 · Updated 2023-01-23

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mediamatic – Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.1

Description The issue is related to a missing capability check on AJAX actions, allowing authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to bypass authorization. This enables them to change image categories, which are used to arrange images in folder views.

Recommendations For Mediamatic – Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.1: Update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on AJAX actions to prevent authorization bypass. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX actions to prevent unauthorized changes to image categories.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0293

Affected Products

Mediamatic – Media Library Folders

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0293 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0293 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5c87ae0-9a53-4292-a4d3-05b3bdb37b71 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/41976 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediamatic/trunk/inc/sidebar.php?rev=2652957#L343 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42649 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e5c87ae0-9a53-4292-a4d3-05b3bdb37b71?source=cve · Note