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GHSA-XG85-3Q5W-8WFF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-29 06:31 – Updated: 2024-06-29 06:31

Details

The Advanced File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4 via the 'fma_local_file_system' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including backups or other sensitive information if the files have been moved to the built-in Trash folder.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2024-5598 (GCVE-0-2024-5598)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-29 04:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11

Title

Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.4 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-07-01 19:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-922 - Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2313 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-m…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3107587/

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
saadiqbal	Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.4 (semver)
advancedfilemanager	advanced_file_manager	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.4 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:-:::::wordpress::

Credits

emad

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