File Manager <= 7.2.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal

Path Traversal: '.../...//'
CVE CVE-2024-2654
CVSS Medium (6.8)
Publicly Published April 3, 2024
Last Updated April 9, 2024
Researcher DarkT
Description

The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.5 via the fm_download_backup function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary zip files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-file-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.2.5
Patched Version
  • 7.2.6
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