Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.4 — Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing
CVE-2024-5598Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤5.2.4Update to 5.2.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat 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:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution file-manager-advanced
- Affected≤ 5.2.4
- Patched in5.2.5
Update to 5.2.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.2.4. Version 5.2.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution.
- 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 5.2.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to emad.
The Advanced File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4 via the 'fma_local_file_system' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including backups or other sensitive information if the files have been moved to the built-in Trash folder.
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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<6.0.0Update to 6.0.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤5.4.14Update to 6.0.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤5.4.12Update to 5.4.13
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via postMessage 'soundFile' Parameter
≤5.4.12Update to 5.4.13
- High7.2Authenticated Remote Code Execution
<8.0.4Update to 8.0.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
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.