CVE-2025-12900 Missing authorization in FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager
Authenticated attackers with author-level access can tamper with global folders and reassign media attachments due to missing authorization 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-2025-12900?
CVE-2025-12900 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ninjateam FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager, published on 15 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.1 via the "ConvertController::insertToNewTable" function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to inject global folders and reassign arbitrary media attachments to those folders under certain circumstances.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12900?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12900 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-2025-12900 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12900 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q6xv-mm88-mj5g.