Vulnerabilities and security researches forcatfolders catfolders

Oct 12, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-9776
Home page URL: Security reports for CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Application: CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Date: Sep 11, 2025
Research Description: The CatFolders – Tame Your WordPress Media Library by Category plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the CSV Import contents in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Affected versions: max 2.5.3.
Status: vulnerable

Jan 10, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-66120
Home page URL: Security reports for CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Application: CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Date: Dec 16, 2025
Research Description: Missing Authorization vulnerability in CatFolders CatFolders catfolders allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects CatFolders: from n/a through <= 2.5.3.
Affected versions: max 2.5.4.
Status: vulnerable

Nov 07, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-107787
Home page URL: Security reports for CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Application: CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Date: Nov 05, 2026
Research Description: The CatFolders WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not have authorisation checks on a folder maintenance action, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to reset the per-user ownership of every media folder and disable the CatFolders WordPress plugin before 2.5.7's user restriction setting.
Affected versions: max 2.5.7.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-107786
Home page URL: Security reports for CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Application: CatFolders – WP Media Folders
Date: Nov 05, 2026
Research Description: The CatFolders WordPress plugin before 2.5.7 does not properly sanitize and escape a user-controlled sort setting before using it in a SQL query, allowing authenticated users with upload capability (Author and above) to perform SQL injection attacks.
Affected versions: max 2.5.7.
Status: vulnerable