Advanced File Manager Shortcodes <= 2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Externally-Accessible File or Directory
CVE CVE-2023-7062
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published July 8, 2024
Last Updated July 29, 2024
Researcher Colin Xu
Description

The Advanced File Manager Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.4. This makes it possible for attackers with contributor access or higher to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-manager-advanced-shortcode (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4
Patched Version
  • 2.4.1
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