File Manager <= 7.2.1 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Backup Filenames
The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.1 due to insufficient randomness in the backup filenames, which use a timestamp plus 4 random digits. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, to extract sensitive data including site backups in configurations where the .htaccess file in the directory does not block access.
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- Feb 5, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.0% · 62th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-330
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.0%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.5
- CNA · Wordfence
- 8.1
- 0.6 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| filemanagerpro | file manager | cpe:2.3:a:filemanagerpro:file_manager |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- filemanagerpro file managerup to 7.2.1 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
mndpsingh287 File Manager
- up to and including 7.2.1affected · semver
Same product
filemanagerpro: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-25213The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because KEV98Now
- CVE-2023-6846File Manager Pro <= 8.3.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload40Plan
- CVE-2018-25105File Manager <= 3.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload/Download39Monitor
- CVE-2024-1538File Manager <= 7.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local JS File Inclusion38Monitor
- CVE-2024-8746File Manager Pro <= 8.3.9 - Unauthenticated Backup File Download and Upload35Monitor
- CVE-2024-8507File Manager Pro <= 8.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary File Upload35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Yuki Harumafinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-330 · Use of Insufficiently Random ValuesCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3023403/wp-file-manager/trunk/file_folder_manager.php?old=2984933&old_path=wp-file-manager%2Ftrunk%2Ffile_folder_manager.php
- wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1928f8e4-8bbe-4a3f-8284-aa12ca2f5176?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.