CVE-2026-3072

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-23 | Published 2026-03-05 | Updated 2026-03-05 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Timeline

Credits

Muhammad Sharief finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-8177-4836-a0b0-1c637290a3bc?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...class-mla-media-modal-ajax.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

cve.org (CVE-2026-3072)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-3072)

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