Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager: A security weakness
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 08, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 08, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Arbitrary Media Replacement in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This is due to missing object-level authorization checks in the handle_folders_file_upload() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace arbitrary media files from the WordPress Media Library.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N