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Medium severity · published Mar 5, 2026
CVE-2026-3072
Media Library Assistant <= 3.33 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Attachment Taxonomy Modification
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ML
Media Library Assistant · dglingren
through 3.33 · source: vendor
Affected product
ML
Media Library Assistant
dglingren
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3072
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3072
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.32/includes/class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php#L594
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/tags/3.32/includes/class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php#L628
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2655f936-8177-4836-a0b0-1c637290a3bc?source=cve
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