Plugins · media-sweep · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Media Sweep safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.3.0
- Last updated
- 2026-11-02
- Active installs
- 1,000+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Clean up your WordPress Media Library by finding and removing unused media. Scan, preview, then sweep away orphaned files to keep your site fast. — by WPCreatix
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.3.0). Anything older than 1.1.4 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get media-sweep --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update media-sweep updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.9 CVE-2026-77824 · published 2026-08-25
SQL injection in Media Sweep (1.1.3 and older)
- Affected
- 1.1.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.1.4 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Media Sweep – WordPress Media Cleaner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'fields' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.3 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 administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
NVD CVE-2026-77824Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-11-02 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.3.0).
- 2026-08-25 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2026-77824), fixed in 1.1.4.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by WPCreatix (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: SQL injection (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/media-sweep (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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