CVE-2024-2023: medium-severity vulnerability in Premio Folders Pro
Folders <= 3.0 and Folders Pro <= 3.0.2 - Directory Traversal via handle_folders_file_upload
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 4.3epss 0.7%
The Folders and Folders Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.0 in Folders and 3.0.2 in Folders Pro via the 'handle_folders_file_upload' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and above, to upload files to arbitrary locations on the server.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products
premio · Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File ManagerPremio · Folders ProRelated CVEs — Premio Folders Pro
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2024-2024HIGHFolders Pro <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated(Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via handle_folders_file_uploadEPSS 3.3%CVE-2024-7317MEDIUMFolders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager <= 3.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File UploadEPSS 0.4%CVE-2024-3868MEDIUMFolders Pro <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User First Name and Last NameEPSS 0.4%CVE-2025-12971MEDIUMFolders <= 3.1.5 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Folder Content ManipulationEPSS 0.2%CVE-2025-12640MEDIUMFolders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager <= 3.1.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Media ReplacementEPSS 0.2%
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/folders/tags/3.0/includes/media.replace.php#L1311https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3070429/folders/trunk/includes/media.replace.phphttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4cc839c-de7a-43eb-a7fa-b1049419bfa3?source=cve