Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_edit_folder

5.4
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-0726
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 7, 2023
Last Updated February 8, 2023
Researcher Marco Wotschka - Wordfence

Description

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_edit_folder function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke this function via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link leading them to perform actions intended for administrators such as changing the folder structure maintained by the plugin.

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Vulnerability Details for Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wicked-folders (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.18.17, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.18.16
Patched Version
  • 2.18.17

Recent vulnerabilities in Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Wicked Folders <= 4.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Folder Deletion CVE-2026-1883 4.3 Youssef Elouaer March 14, 2026
2 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Missing Authorization on ajax_save_folder_order CVE-2023-0720 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
3 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_save_state CVE-2023-0722 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
4 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Missing Authorization on ajax_clone_folder CVE-2023-0715 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
5 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Missing Authorization via ajax_save_state CVE-2023-0711 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
6 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Missing Authorization via ajax_delete_folder CVE-2023-0717 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
7 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_save_sort_order CVE-2023-0729 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
8 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_clone_folder CVE-2023-0725 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
9 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_add_folder CVE-2023-0724 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023
10 Wicked Folders <= 2.18.16 - Missing Authorization on ajax_edit_folder CVE-2023-0716 5.4 Marco Wotschka February 7, 2023

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