CVE-2023-0711: Wickedplugins Wicked Folders

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Wicked Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_state function in versions up to, and including, 2.18.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to invoke this function and perform actions intended for administrators such as modifying the view state of the folder structure maintained by the plugin.

Affected products

• Wickedplugins Wicked Folders: up to and including 2.18.16

Published 2023-02-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.