File Manager <= 7.2.7 - Missing Authorization

4.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-37254
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 27, 2024
Last Updated July 2, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad - Patchstack

Description

The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the mk_file_manager_backup_callback function in versions up to, and including, 7.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to trigger backups

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Vulnerability Details for File Manager

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-file-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 7.2.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 7.2.7
Patched Version
  • 7.2.8

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