CVE-2026-8095: high-severity vulnerability in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin
Frontend File Manager Plugin <= 23.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.1epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 53% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The Frontend File Manager Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authenticated Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to and including 23.6. This is due to a case-sensitive bypass of the wpfm_dir_path parameter sanitization in the wpfm_file_meta_update AJAX handler, where supplying WPFM_DIR_PATH in uppercase evades the unset check and is normalized to wpfm_dir_path by sanitize_key() during update_post_meta(), allowing an attacker to overwrite the stored file path with an arbitrary filesystem path that is then passed directly to unlink() in delete_file_locally() without any directory containment validation. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to delete arbitrary files on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php, potentially leading to full site takeover.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products
nmedia · Frontend File Manager PluginRelated CVEs — nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2016-15042CRITICALFrontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & - Arbitrary File UploadEPSS 5.7%CVE-2021-4368CRITICALFrontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Authenticated Settings Change leading to Arbitrary File UploadEPSS 1.9%CVE-2021-4356CRITICALFrontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File DownloadEPSS 1.5%CVE-2021-4359MEDIUMFrontend File Manager Plugin <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post DeletionEPSS 0.9%CVE-2021-4369MEDIUMFrontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated Content InjectionEPSS 0.8%CVE-2021-4365HIGHFrontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site ScriptingEPSS 0.8%
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nmedia-user-file-uploader/tags/23.6/inc/file.class.php#L729https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nmedia-user-file-uploader/tags/23.6/inc/files.php#L767https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/506006ce-7b1c-4f9d-93f3-abc87abea2bb?source=cve