Folderly <= 0.3 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Term Deletion
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 0.3.1
- Affected Plugin
- Folderly
- Affected Version
<= 0.3- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2025-12038
At a glance
CVE-2025-12038 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the Folderly WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 0.3. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 0.3.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2025, reported by Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada).
Vulnerability Overview
The Folderly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient capability check on the /wp-json/folderly/v1/config/clear-all-data REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to clear all data like terms and categories.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Folderly <= 0.3 takes an account at Author level or above. Incorrect authorization means a permission check exists but evaluates the wrong thing, so it passes for callers it was meant to stop.
The action runs for users the code intended to exclude, with the same effect as having no check at all. For Folderly the fix is 0.3.1: builds <= 0.3 are affected, anything from 0.3.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 0.3.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Folderly 0.3.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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