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CVE-2021-24919: Wicked Folders < 2.18.10 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Wicked Folders WordPress plugin before 2.8.10 does not sanitise and escape the folder_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the wicked_folders_save_sort_order AJAX action, available to any authenticated user. leading to an SQL injection

Affected products

• wickedplugins Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types: before 2.18.10 — fixed in 2.18.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wickedplugins Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types 2.18.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2651221
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f472ec7d-765c-4266-ab9c-e2d06703ebb4
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2651221
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f472ec7d-765c-4266-ab9c-e2d06703ebb4

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