CVE-2025-9776 SQL injection in CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories
Authenticated attackers with Author-level access can exploit SQL injection in the CSV import feature to extract sensitive database information.
- 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-2025-9776?
CVE-2025-9776 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories, published on 11 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CatFolders – Tame Your WordPress Media Library by Category plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the CSV Import contents in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9776?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9776?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9776 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2025-9776 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9776 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5fh8-4m47-rr4m.