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CVE-2024-12331: File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Filebird Plugin Installation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The File Manager Pro – Filester plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_install_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the Filebird plugin.

Affected products

• ninjateam File Manager Pro – Filester: before 1.8.7 — fixed in 1.8.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ninjateam File Manager Pro – Filester 1.8.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208858/filester
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b09bfff-4d6e-4de0-b6ab-6ac27c4f2be6?source=cve

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