File Manager <= 3.0 - Stored 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-2018-16967
CVSS	Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published	September 17, 2018
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Mohammed Ansari

Description

There is an XSS vulnerability in the File Manager plugin 3.0 for WordPress via the page=wp_file_manager_root public_path parameter.

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	3.1

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