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CVE-2024-7031: File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated Plugin Settings Update

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-03 · 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 'njt_fs_saveSettingRestrictions' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with a role that has been granted permissions by an Administrator, to update the plugin settings for user role restrictions, including allowing file types such as .php to be uploaded.

Affected products

• ninjateam File Manager Pro – Filester: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ninjateam File Manager Pro – Filester 1.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/filester/trunk/includes/File_manager/FileManager.php#L566
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3129722/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aef584bd-60a5-4bf2-b8d3-58e3b45e785e?source=cve
• https://nowotarski.info/wordpress-nonce-authorization/

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