CVE-2022-3125

Frontend File Manager < 21.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2022 at 01:45 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:58 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFrontend File ManagerFrontend File Manager Plugin

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 21.3 allows any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to rename a file to an arbitrary extension, like PHP, which could allow them to basically be able to upload arbitrary files on the server and achieve RCE

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 21.3
Affected range stops below 21.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 21.3
Affected range stops below 21.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-434

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