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CVE-2026-1883: Wicked Folders <= 4.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Folder Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

Description

The Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the delete_folders() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders created by other users.

Affected products

• wickedplugins Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types: through 4.1.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3473857/wicked-folders
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5cec2c52-d780-4d94-a5b2-d3b405bce49c?source=cve

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