CVE-2023-0293: The Mediamatic – Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on its AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This ma

medium Affects mediamatic (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Mediamatic – Media Library Folders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on its AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.8.1. This ma

Package
mediamatic (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=2.8.1
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.3th percentile)
Published
2023-01-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-862
NVD recordmediamatic (WordPress plugin) advisories

Am I affected?

Find out in one command. phpwarden checks your WordPress install against this advisory and 20,000+ others, ranked by real-world exploitation (CISA KEV + EPSS). Free, offline, open data.

# one-time install
pip install phpwarden

# then
phpwarden wordpress /var/www/html

Or keep it checked automatically with the GitHub Action or a nightly cron; see WordPress docs.

Install docs   How findings are ranked

Related advisories