Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.4 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing

7.5
Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information
CVE CVE-2024-5598
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published June 28, 2024
Last Updated June 29, 2024
Researcher emad

Description

The Advanced File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4 via the 'fma_local_file_system' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including backups or other sensitive information if the files have been moved to the built-in Trash folder.

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Vulnerability Details for Advanced File Manager

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-manager-advanced (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.2.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.2.4
Patched Version
  • 5.2.5

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