CVE-2024-7858 Media Library Folders <= 8.2.3 - Missing Authorization on Various Functions

What is CVE-2024-7858?

CVE-2024-7858 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in maxfoundry Media Library Folders, published on 30 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to missing capability checks on several AJAX functions in the media-library-plus.php file in all versions up to, and including, 8.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform several actions related to managing media files and folder along with controlling settings.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7858?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Maxfoundry Media Library Folders.

How do I fix CVE-2024-7858?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7858 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-7858 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7858 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in maxfoundry Media Library Folders

• CVE-2024-30486 WordPress Media Library Folders plugin <= 8.1.7 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability High 8.5
• CVE-2024-7857 Media Library Folders <= 8.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Second-Order SQL Injection Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-31287 WordPress Media Library Folders plugin <= 8.1.8 - Directory Traversal vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-3615 Media Library Folders <= 8.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Medium 6.1
• CVE-2022-41634 WordPress Media Library Folders plugin <= 7.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability Medium 5.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-cj98-64q3-8v62.