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CVE-2023-0717

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-0717 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Wicked Folders WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 2.18.16. This flaw allows authenticated users, even those with subscriber-level permissions, to delete folders due to a missing capability check in the ajax_delete_folder function. Rated Medium (CVSS 4.3), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and could lead to unauthorized modification of the plugin's folder structure. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.18.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wickedplugins:wicked_folders:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/35fb658f-6ffa-4df7-bfcd-25307d89fc26
Third Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/wicked-folders/tags/2.18.16/lib/class-wicked-folders-ajax.php
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
Third Party Advisory
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/35fb658f-6ffa-4df7-bfcd-25307d89fc26