File Manager Advanced Shortcode WordPress <= 2.3.2 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload to Remote Code Execution via Shortcode
CVE-2023-2068Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.3.2Update to 2.4 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
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
File Manager Advanced Shortcode file-manager-advanced-shortcode
- Affected≤ 2.3.2
- Patched in2.4
Update to 2.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.3.2. Version 2.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under File Manager Advanced Shortcode.
- 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 2.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch File Manager Advanced Shortcode to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Mateus Machado Tesser (F0x).
The File Manager Advanced Shortcode WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to remote code execution in versions up to, and including, 2.3.2. This is due to the plugin allowing users to upload PHP files when the shortcode has been added to a page/post. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to potentially upload malicious PHP files if the shortcode is used on the front-end of the site, and makes it possible for authenticated users with access to a post editor to add the shortcode to a page or post and subsequently upload a malicious file.
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
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion via Shortcode ≤2.5.4Update to 2.6.0 | CVE-2024-13914 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤2.5.3Update to 2.5.4 | CVE-2023-7061 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal ≤2.4Update to 2.4.1 | CVE-2023-7062 |
- High7.2Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion via Shortcode
≤2.5.4Update to 2.6.0
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload
≤2.5.3Update to 2.5.4
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal
≤2.4Update to 2.4.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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