PT-2023-12460 · WordPress · Frontend File Manager

Jerome Bruandet · Published 2023-06-07 · Updated 2023-06-13 · CVE-2021-4351

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Frontend File Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 18.2

Description The issue arises from lacking authentication protections, capability checks, and sanitization on the wpfm file meta update AJAX action. This allows unauthenticated attackers to change the meta data of certain posts and pages.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 18.2, update to a version that includes the necessary authentication protections, capability checks, and sanitization for the wpfm file meta update AJAX action to prevent unauthenticated post meta changes.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-4351

Affected Products

Frontend File Manager

References · 4

• 🔥 https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-frontend-file-manager-plugin-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4351 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-4351 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5539aa79-66ad-43fa-967c-2bec877061e0?source=cve · Note