CVE-2025-0935 Media Library Folders <= 8.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Change

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can modify plugin settings, including IP-blocking configurations, due to missing capability checks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-0935?

CVE-2025-0935 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in maxfoundry Media Library Folders, published on 15 Feb 2025. 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 plugin settings change due to a missing capability check on several AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to change plugin settings related to things such as IP-blocking.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0935?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Maxfoundry Media Library Folders.

How do I fix CVE-2025-0935?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0935 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-2025-0935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g6w7-7678-67j9.

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