CVE-2026-3072: Media Library Assistant <= 3.33 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Attachment Taxonomy Modification

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: 2026-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the mla_update_compat_fields_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.33. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify taxonomy terms on arbitrary attachments.

Affected products

dglingren Media Library Assistant: through 3.33

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.32/includes/class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php#L594
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.32/includes/class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php#L628
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3469795%40media-library-assistant%2Ftrunk&old=3465434%40media-library-assistant%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2655f936-8177-4836-a0b0-1c637290a3bc?source=cve

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