# CVE-2025-12971: Folders <= 3.1.5 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Folder Content Manipulation

> Authenticated contributors can manipulate arbitrary folder contents due to incorrect authorization checks in the Folders 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 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm24-6w8p-gggp

## What is CVE-2025-12971?

CVE-2025-12971 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager, published on 27 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a misconfigured capability check on the 'wcp_change_post_folder' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to move arbitrary folder contents to arbitrary folders.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12971?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12971 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12971 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager, published on 27 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, 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-2025-12971/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12971/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12971
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12971
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12971

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12971/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.