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File Manager And File Manager Pro (Multiple Versions) — Directory Traversal

CVE-2023-6825Published · Updated

Action summary

File Manager: Affected: ≤7.2.1Update to 7.2.2 or newer

File Manager Pro: Affected: ≤8.3.4Update to 8.3.5 or newer

All remediation steps

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Severity
Critical9.9
CVSS
9.9
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

File Manager wp-file-manager

  1. Affected≤ 7.2.1
  2. Patched in7.2.2
  3. Latest8.0.7

Update to 7.2.2 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 7.2.1. Version 7.2.2 and later are not affected by this issue.

File Manager Pro wp-file-manager-pro

  1. Affected≤ 8.3.4
  2. Patched in8.3.5

Update to 8.3.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 8.3.4. Version 8.3.5 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.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 7.2.2, or a newer patched version
  2. Update to version 8.3.5, or a newer patched version
  3. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  4. Watch File Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Tobias Weißhaar (kun_19).

The File Manager and File Manager Pro plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions up to, and including version 7.2.1 (free version) and 8.3.4 (Pro version) via the target parameter in the mk_file_folder_manager_action_callback_shortcode function. This makes it possible for attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information and to upload files into directories other than the intended directory for file uploads. The free version requires Administrator access for this vulnerability to be exploitable. The Pro version allows a file manager to be embedded via a shortcode and also allows admins to grant file handling privileges to other user levels, which could lead to this vulnerability being exploited by lower-level users.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in File Manager

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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.38.0.4 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
7.2.2 – 8.0.4Update to 8.0.5
CVE-2026-19708
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.0.4Update to 8.0.5
CVE-2026-85081
High7.2Authenticated Remote Code Execution
<8.0.4Update to 8.0.4
CVE-2026-6382
Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤7.2.7Update to 7.2.8
CVE-2024-37254
Medium6.8Authenticated (Administrator+) Directory Traversal
≤7.2.5Update to 7.2.6
CVE-2024-2654

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity critical, CVSS 9.9

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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.

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