Frontend File Manager <= 21.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-7306
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published July 24, 2025
Last Updated August 5, 2025
Researcher Matteo Leonelli, David D.
Description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the wpfm_delete_multiple_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 21.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug nmedia-user-file-uploader (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 21.5
Patched Version
  • 22.0
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