CVE-2023-5105

Frontend File Manager < 22.6 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Download

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 22.6 has a vulnerability that allows an Editor+ user to bypass the file download logic and download files such as `wp-config.php`

El complemento Frontend File Manager Plugin de WordPress anterior a 22.6 tiene una vulnerabilidad que permite a un usuario de Editor+ omitir la lógica de descarga de archivos y descargar archivos como `wp-config.php`.

The Frontend File Manager Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 22.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

*Credits: Dmitrii Ignatyev, WPScan

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-21 CVE Reserved
2023-11-13 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-11-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d40c7108-bad6-4ed3-8539-35c0f57e62cc	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Najeebmedia Search vendor "Najeebmedia"		Frontend File Manager Plugin Search vendor "Najeebmedia" for product "Frontend File Manager Plugin"				< 22.6 Search vendor "Najeebmedia" for product "Frontend File Manager Plugin" and version " < 22.6"		wordpress		Affected