Description

WordPress Plugin File Manager is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin File Manager version 7.2.4 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 7.2.5 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/03/601-bounty-awarded-for-interesting-cross-site-request-forgery-to-local-js-file-inclusion-vulnerability-patched-in-file-manager-wordpress-plugin/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3051451/wp-file-manager

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-1538 CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF