Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2024-8725
CVSS Medium (6.8)
Publicly Published September 25, 2024
Last Updated September 26, 2024
Researcher TANG Cheuk Hei (siunam)
Description

Multiple plugins and/or themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Limited File Upload in various versions. This is due to a lack of proper checks to ensure lower-privileged roles cannot upload .css and .js files to arbitrary directories. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, and granted permissions by an administrator, to upload .css and .js files to any directory within the WordPress root directory, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting. The Advanced File Manager Shortcodes plugin must be installed to exploit this vulnerability.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-manager-advanced (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.2.8
Patched Version
  • 5.2.9
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