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

> Authenticated subscribers can bypass authorization checks to manage media files and modify plugin settings in the Media Library Folders WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cj98-64q3-8v62

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7858?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30486/): WordPress Media Library Folders plugin <= 8.1.7 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-7857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7857/): Media Library Folders <= 8.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Second-Order SQL Injection (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-31287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31287/): WordPress Media Library Folders plugin <= 8.1.8 - Directory Traversal vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-3615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3615/): Media Library Folders <= 8.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 's' (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-41634](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41634/): WordPress Media Library Folders plugin <= 7.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7858 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: maxfoundry Media Library Folders. 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-2024-7858/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7858/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7858
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7858
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7858

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7858/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.