Media Library Folders <= 8.2.3 - Missing Authorization on Various Functions

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVE	CVE-2024-7858
CVSS	Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published	August 29, 2024
Last Updated	August 30, 2024
Researcher	Lucio Sá

Description

The Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to missing capability checks on several AJAX functions in the media-library-plus.php file in all versions up to, and including, 8.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform several actions related to managing media files and folder along with controlling settings.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	media-library-plus (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 8.2.3
Patched Version	8.2.4

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