CVE-2025-12971Folders <= 3.1.5 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Folder Content Manipulation
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It affects premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.
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.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-863
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager premio:folders_unlimited_folders_to_organize_media_library_folder_pages_posts_file_manager (from the name) | through 3.1.5 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3845071-8419-4bb2-b22d-f9ae22fb7d6a?source=cve
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12971/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/folders/trunk/includes/folders.class.php#L3291
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3402986/
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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