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CVE-2018-7204

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-532

Description

inc/logger.php in the Giribaz File Manager plugin before 5.0.2 for WordPress logged activity related to the plugin in /wp-content/uploads/file-manager/log.txt. If a user edits the wp-config.php file using this plugin, the wp-config.php contents get added to log.txt, which is not protected and contains database credentials, salts, etc. These files have been indexed by Google and a simple dork will find affected sites.

Affected products

• Giribaz File Manager: through 5.0.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1823035/file-manager
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-manager/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9036
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1823035/file-manager
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-manager/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9036

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