Advanced File Manager <= 5.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File and Folder Access

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2023-3814
CVSS Medium (6.6)
Publicly Published August 14, 2023
Last Updated July 10, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The Advanced File Managerplugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper access control in versions up to, and including, 5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to access the filesystem on multisite installations. This only affects multi-site installations.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-manager-advanced (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.1
Patched Version
  • 5.1.1
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