Frontend File Manager Plugin <= 21.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to File Upload

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-3126
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published September 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Raad Haddad
Description

The "Frontend File Manager Plugin" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 21.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wpfm_upload_file function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files on behalf of other users, via forged request granted they can trick such a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug nmedia-user-file-uploader (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 21.2
Patched Version
  • 21.3
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