CVE-2024-2654 (GCVE-0-2024-2654)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-09 18:59 – Updated: 2025-08-27 21:02
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Summary
The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.5 via the fm_download_backup function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary zip files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mndpsingh287 File Manager Affected: * , ≤ 7.2.5 (semver)
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Credits
Abdelnour Osman
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