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CVE-2018-5310

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

In the "Media from FTP" plugin before 9.85 for WordPress, Directory Traversal exists via the searchdir parameter to the wp-admin/admin.php?page=mediafromftp-search-register URI.

Affected products

• Media From Ftp Project Media From Ftp: before 9.85 — fixed in 9.85

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Media From Ftp Project Media From Ftp 9.85. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/media-from-ftp.md
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-from-ftp/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-directory-traversal-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-media-from-ftp/
• https://github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/media-from-ftp.md
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-from-ftp/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-directory-traversal-bugs-at-the-latest-version-of-media-from-ftp/

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