CVE-2025-14804 (GCVE-0-2025-14804)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 06:00 – Updated: 2026-01-07 14:37
VLAI?
Title
Frontend File Manager < 23.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion
Summary
The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 23.5 did not validate a path parameter and ownership of the file, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscribers to delete arbitrary files on the server
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c572c0ad-1b36-49… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin Affected: 0 , < 23.5 (semver)
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Credits
Gregory Allegoet & Bakir Tučić WPScan
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