Advanced File Manager 5.2.12 - 5.2.13 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2024-13333
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published January 16, 2025
Last Updated January 17, 2025
Researcher TANG Cheuk Hei (siunam)
Description

The Advanced File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'fma_local_file_system' function in versions 5.2.12 to 5.2.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above and upload permissions granted by an administrator, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. The function can be exploited only if the "Display .htaccess?" setting is enabled.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-manager-advanced (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 5.2.12 - 5.2.13
Patched Version
  • 5.2.14
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