CVE-2023-4827 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The File Manager Pro WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not properly check the CSRF nonce in the `fs_connector` AJAX action. This allows attackers to make highly privileged users perform unwanted file system actions via CSRF attacks by using GET requests, such as uploading a web shell.

Published: 2023-10-16

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 6.3% 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

File Manager Pro

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ninjateam:filester:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06277.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d4daf0e1-8018-448a-964c-427a355e005f

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Ninjateam Filester

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T08:32:43.945Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:15:08.767Z

Reserved: 2023-09-07T20:31:58.721Z

Link: CVE-2023-4827

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:00.702Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T09:15:11.767

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:47.887

Link: CVE-2023-4827

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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