Wicked Folders, CVE-2023-0711

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-0711
Home page URL: Security reports for Wicked Folders
Application: Wicked Folders
Published on: Feb 08, 2023
Research Description: The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_state function in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to invoke this function and perform actions intended for administrators such as modifying the view state of the folder structure maintained by the plugin.
Affected versions: max 2.18.17.
Status: vulnerable