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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-0720

wickedplugins wicked_folders Missing Authorization

Published Feb 8, 2023 · catalog updated Feb 8, 2023 · wickedplugins wicked_folders Missing Authorization

Patch now

CVE-2023-0720 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm wickedplugins wicked_folders Missing Authorization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (wickedplugins wicked_folders Missing Authorization).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.58%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated wicked_folders · vendor wickedplugins wicked_folders

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_folder_order 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 folder structure maintained by the plugin.

Are you affected?

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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated wicked_folders<= 2.18.16
  • vendor wickedplugins wicked_foldersversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-0720

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-0720 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm wickedplugins wicked_folders Missing Authorization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 2.18.16. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.58%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 8, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_folder_order 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 folder structur

  2. Feb 8, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-0720

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-0720

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-0720

    The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_folder_order function in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.