CVE-2020-25213

File Manager <= 6.8 - Arbitrary File Upload/Remote Code Execution

criticalUnrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

6.9

Patched in

1239d

Time to patch

Description

The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because it renames an unsafe example elFinder connector file to have the .php extension. This, for example, allows attackers to run the elFinder upload (or mkfile and put) command to write PHP code into the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory. This was exploited in the wild in August and September 2020.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.8

PublishedSeptember 1, 2020

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-file-manager

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dab7e451-f2ea-4f41-8e38-a2a983ccb18b?source=api-prod

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