Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-3072Media Library Assistant <= 3.33 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Attachment Taxonomy Modification
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Media Library Assistant from dglingren. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the mla_update_compat_fields_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.33. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify taxonomy terms on arbitrary attachments.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| dglingren | Media Library Assistant | 0 – through 3.33 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2655f936-8177-4836-a0b0-1c637290a3bc?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.32/includes/class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php#L628
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.32/includes/class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php#L594
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3469795%40media-library-assistant%2Ftrunk&old=3465434%40media-library-assistant%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=