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CVE-2024-7858: Media Library Folders <= 8.2.3 - Missing Authorization on Various Functions

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

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.

Affected products

• maxfoundry Media Library Folders: before 8.2.4 — fixed in 8.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: maxfoundry Media Library Folders 8.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-plus/trunk/media-library-plus.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3143036%40media-library-plus&new=3143036%40media-library-plus&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fcc0fc00-b7d6-429c-9ab3-f08971c48777?source=cve

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