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CVE-2026-16292: Frontend File Manager Plugin <= 23.6 - File Metadata Update via CSRF
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-02 · updated 2026-08-26
- Weakness: CWE-352
Description
The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin through 23.6 does not perform nonce validation on one of its file-metadata update actions, allowing an attacker to modify the metadata of a logged-in user's uploaded file via a CSRF attack, which can be leveraged to download that file. When guest uploads are enabled, the same action is reachable unauthenticated against any user's file.
Affected products
- Frontend File Manager Plugin: through 23.6
References
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