CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- WordPress File Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Affected products
filemanagerpro: file manager
References10
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2373068 Patch
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2373068 Patch
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160003/WordPress-File-Manager-6.8… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/171650/WordPress-File-Manager-6.9… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day ExploitThird Party Advisory
- seravo.com/blog/0-day-vulnerability-in-wp-file-manager/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
- wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-z… ExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160003/WordPress-File-Manager-6.8… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/171650/WordPress-File-Manager-6.9… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day ExploitThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 97% percentile: 100 · as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-434