Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2016-15042
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 16, 2016
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Description

The Frontend File Manager (versions < 4.0), N-Media Post Front-end Form (versions < 1.1) plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the `nm_filemanager_upload_file` and `nm_postfront_upload_file` AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-post-frontend (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0
Patched Version
  • 1.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug nmedia-user-file-uploader (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0
Patched Version
  • 4.0
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