CVE-2025-9776
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe CatFolders WordPress plugin is vulnerable to SQL injection in its CSV Import feature. Attackers with Author-level access can inject malicious SQL through unsanitized user input due to insufficient escaping and lack of prepared statements in the SQL query, allowing extraction of sensitive data from the database.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify CatFolders plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for CatFolders, or check the /wp-content/plugins/catfolders/ directory existsAffected if CatFolders plugin is not installed on the WordPress site
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Check installed CatFolders versionView the plugin file header at /wp-content/plugins/catfolders/catfolders.php or look at the version number displayed in the Plugins pageAffected if Version is present and is below 2.5.3 (e.g., 2.5.2, 2.5.1, etc.)
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Confirm CSV Import feature existsNavigate to the CatFolders settings or folder management interface in the WordPress admin dashboard and look for a CSV import optionAffected if CSV Import functionality is present and accessible within the plugin
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Check for users with Author-level accessIn WordPress admin, go to Users and review user roles; Author role and above can access the vulnerable CSV Import featureAffected if There are users with Author role or higher who can access the WordPress admin area
You are affected if CatFolders version is below 2.5.3 and users with Author-level or higher access exist on the site with the CSV Import feature enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate CatFolders to version 2.5.3 or later which addresses the SQL injection vulnerability; restrict CSV import functionality to trusted administrators until the patch is applied.
Version higher than 2.5.2 (check WordPress plugin repository for latest stable release)
- Log in to WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate 'CatFolders – Tame Your WordPress Media Library by Category'
- If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to install the latest version
- Alternatively, navigate to Dashboard > Updates and select the CatFolders plugin to update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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