CVE-2023-3814 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Advanced File Manager WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not adequately authorize its usage on multisite installations, allowing site admin users to list and read arbitrary files and folders on the server.

Published: 2023-09-04

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Advanced File Manager

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.1.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-44447	The Advanced File Manager WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 does not adequately authorize its usage on multisite installations, allowing site admin users to list and read arbitrary files and folders on the server.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00179.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca954ec6-6ebd-4d72-a323-570474e2e339

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Advancedfilemanager Advanced File Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-04T11:27:01.778Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T16:03:22.116Z

Reserved: 2023-07-20T20:10:07.465Z

Link: CVE-2023-3814

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:08:50.434Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-04T12:15:09.570

Modified: 2025-03-06T16:15:42.640

Link: CVE-2023-3814

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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