CVE-2025-12971

MEDIUM EPSS 9.7%

Published Nov 27, 20257mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

4.3 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Nov 27, 2025 7mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

4.3

Exploitability

2.8

Impact

1.4

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

9.7% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization Authorization

References 4

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/folders/trunk/includes/folders.class.php#L3291
plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3402986/
research.cleantalk.org https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12971/
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3845071-8419-4bb2-b22d-f9ae22fb7d6a?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.