Folderly <= 0.3 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Term Deletion

Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-12038
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 31, 2025
Last Updated November 1, 2025
Researcher Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)
Description

The Folderly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient capability check on the /wp-json/folderly/v1/config/clear-all-data REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to clear all data like terms and categories.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug folderly (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.3
Patched Version
  • 0.3.1
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