Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types: A security weakness
Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 16, 2026
This CVE was published Mar 16, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types 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 Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.0 via the delete_folders() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary folders created by other users.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N