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CVE-2020-25213

Published: Sep 9, 2020

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because it renames an unsafe example elFinder connector file to have the .php extension. This, for example, allows attackers to run the elFinder upload (or mkfile and put) command to write PHP code into the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory. This was exploited in the wild in August and September 2020.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Privileges Required

None

Scope

Changed

User Interaction

None

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/#developers

https://github.com/w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day

https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/wordpress-websites-attacked-via-file-manager-plugin-vulnerability-24048.html

https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-zero-day-vulnerability-in-file-manager-plugin/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2373068

https://zdnet.com/article/millions-of-wordpress-sites-are-being-probed-attacked-with-recent-plugin-bug/

https://seravo.com/blog/0-day-vulnerability-in-wp-file-manager/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160003/WordPress-File-Manager-6.8-Remote-Code-Execution.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171650/WordPress-File-Manager-6.9-Shell-Upload.html

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