Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery on ajax_save_folder

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-0728
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published February 7, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
Description

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_save_folder function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke this function via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link leading them to perform actions intended for administrators such as changing the folder structure maintained by the plugin.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wicked-folders (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.18.16
Patched Version
  • 2.18.17
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