# CVE-2024-1649: Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxDeleteCategory

> Authenticated subscribers can delete categories due to missing capability checks in the Categorify WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qpqx-323c-39p3

## What is CVE-2024-1649?

CVE-2024-1649 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in frenify Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager, published on 27 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Categorify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the categorifyAjaxDeleteCategory function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete categories.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1649?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frenify Categorify.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1649?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in frenify Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager

- [CVE-2024-0385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0385/): Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxAddCategory (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2024-1650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1650/): Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxRenameCategory (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2024-1652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1652/): Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxClearCategory (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2024-1653](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1653/): Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Missing Authorization in categorifyAjaxUpdateFolderPosition (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2024-1906](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1906/): Categorify <= 1.0.7.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via categorifyAjaxAddCategory (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1649 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1649 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in frenify Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager, published on 27 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: frenify Categorify – WordPress Media Library Category & File Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1649/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1649/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1649
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1649
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1649

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1649/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.