Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & — Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2016-15042Published · Updated Action summary
Frontend File Manager Plugin: Affected: <4.0Update to 4.0 or newer
N-Media Post Front-end Form: Affected: ≤1.0Update to 1.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Frontend File Manager Plugin nmedia-user-file-uploader
- Affected< 4.0
- Patched in4.0
Update to 4.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 4.0. Version 4.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
N-Media Post Front-end Form wp-post-frontend
- Affected≤ 1.0
- Patched in1.1
Update to 1.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.0. Version 1.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Frontend File Manager Plugin.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.0, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 1.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Frontend File Manager Plugin to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Frontend File Manager (versions < 4.0), N-Media Post Front-end Form (versions < 1.1) plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the `nm_filemanager_upload_file` and `nm_postfront_upload_file` AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
