Exploitation Summary
CVE-2023-0711 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_state function in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to invoke this function and perform actions intended for administrators such as modifying the view state of the folder structure maintained by the plugin.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wicked-folders/tags/2.18.16/lib/class-wicked-folders-ajax.php
Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2860994%40wicked-folders%2Ftrunk&old=2805161%40wicked-folders%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Scores
CVSS v3
5.4
EPSS
0.0058
EPSS Percentile
43.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2023-02-08
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (2)
wickedplugins/Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types
< 2.18.16
wickedplugins/wicked_folders
< 2.18.16
Published
Feb 08, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026