File Manager <= 2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2018-16363
CVSS	Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published	September 6, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	ly55521

Description

The mndpsingh287 File Manager plugin V2.9 for WordPress has XSS via the lang parameter in a wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_file_manager request because set_transient is used in file_folder_manager.php and there is an echo of lang in lib\wpfilemanager.php.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-file-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.0
Patched Version	3.0

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