CVE-2023-7306: Frontend File Manager <= 21.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the wpfm_delete_multiple_files() function in all versions up to, and including, 21.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary posts.

Affected products

nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin: through 21.5

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2912124/nmedia-user-file-uploader/trunk/inc/files.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/abf422ce-fa03-4bed-a4ec-b31d36de7633?source=cve

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