SQL injection in CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The CatFolders – Tame Your WordPress Media Library by Category plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the CSV Import contents in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CatFolders | CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories | up to 2.5.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories VendorCatFolders Affected up to 2.5.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9776
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5fh8-4m47-rr4m
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e585998a-d78f-4923-865c-c3a9820b583f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catfolders/tags/2.5.1/includes/Models/FolderModel.php#L376
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catfolders/tags/2.5.1/includes/Rest/Controllers/ImportController.php#L433
More CatFolders vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-40645 WordPress CatFolders plugin <= 2.5.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-9776 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9776 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5fh8-4m47-rr4m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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