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CVE-2024-13897: Moving Media Library <= 1.22 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Moving Media Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the generate_json_page function in all versions up to, and including, 1.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php).

Affected products

• katsushi-kawamori Moving Media Library: through 1.22

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/moving-media-library/trunk/lib/class-movingmedialibraryadmin.php#L166
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3244709/moving-media-library/trunk/lib/class-movingmedialibraryadmin.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/815ce00b-3753-4c38-8a30-5242a5841734?source=cve

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