Folders <= 3.1.5 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Folder Content Manipulation

Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-12971
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published November 26, 2025
Last Updated November 27, 2025
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'wcp_change_post_folder' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to move arbitrary folder contents to arbitrary folders.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug folders (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.5
Patched Version
  • 3.1.6
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