PT-2025-48266 · WordPress · Folders – Unlimited Folders To Organize Media Library Folder

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2025-11-27 · Updated 2025-11-27 · CVE-2025-12971

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 The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress versions through 3.1.5

Description The Folders plugin for WordPress is susceptible to unauthorized data modification. A misconfigured capability check on the wcp change post folder() function allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to move folder contents to arbitrary folders.

Recommendations Update The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress to a version later than 3.1.5.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-12971

Affected Products

Folders – Unlimited Folders To Organize Media Library Folder

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12971 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1994031313033003403 · Twitter Post
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12971 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1994041979655578108 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3402986 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/folders/trunk/includes/folders.class.php#L3291 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38389 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3845071-8419-4bb2-b22d-f9ae22fb7d6a?source=cve · Note