Media from FTP <= 11.15 — Improper Privilege Management
5f9cf9c5-d836-4414-a53f-adee2784bd96Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <11.16Update to 11.16 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.3
- CVSS
- 6.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Media from FTP media-from-ftp
- Affected< 11.16
- Patched in11.16
Update to 11.16 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 11.16. Version 11.16 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Media from FTP.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 11.16, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Media from FTP to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Marc-Alexandre Montpas.
The Media from FTP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper privilege management due to an insufficient capability check on the plugin's menu pages in versions up to, and including, 11.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level permissions to modify plugin settings.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Media from FTP
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.3 | Authenticated (Author+) Improper Privilege Management ≤11.16Update to 11.17 | CVE-2023-4019 | |
| High7.5 | Directory Traversal <9.85Update to 9.85 | CVE-2018-5310 |
- Medium6.3Authenticated (Author+) Improper Privilege Management
≤11.16Update to 11.17
- High7.5Directory Traversal
<9.85Update to 9.85
Same weakness (Privilege Escalation)
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| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.