CVE-2024-1538 — Cross-Site Request Forgery in File Manager
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
5.8%
top 9.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 21
Description
The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the wp_file_manager page that includes files through the 'lang' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include local JavaScript files that can be leveraged to achieve RCE via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9