CVE-2025-12971

MEDIUM

Folders - Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages...

Title source: llm

Description

The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'wcp_change_post_folder' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to move arbitrary folder contents to arbitrary folders.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/folders/trunk/includes/folders.class.php#L3291

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3402986/

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3845071-8419-4bb2-b22d-f9ae22fb7d6a?source=cve

Various Sources

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12971/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 8.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-863

Status published

Products (2)

galdub/Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager < 3.1.5

premio/Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager < 3.1.5

Published Nov 27, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026