CVE-2020-25213

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-25213
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-09 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-03 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because it renames an unsafe example elFinder connector file to have the .php extension. This, for example, allows attackers to run the elFinder upload (or mkfile and put) command to write PHP code into the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory. This was exploited in the wild in August and September 2020.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.973280000 probability, percentile 0.998880000 (date 2026-07-06)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-434

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorWordPress
ProductFile Manager Plugin
NameWordPress File Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25213

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Webdesi9 File Manager All All All All
Application Webdesi9 File Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
403 Forbidden MISC plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
700,000 WordPress Users Affected by Zero-Day Vulnerability in File Manager Plugin MISC wordfence.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Millions of WordPress sites are being probed & attacked with recent plugin bug | ZDNet MISC zdnet.com Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
File Manager | WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org Product, Third Party Advisory
WordPress File Manager 6.9 Shell Upload ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Severe 0-day security vulnerability found by Seravo in WP File Manager | Seravo MISC seravo.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
WordPress File Manager 6.8 Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
WordPress Websites Attacked via File Manager Plugin Vulnerability – HOTforSecurity MISC hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com Third Party Advisory
GitHub - w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day: wp-file-manager 6.7 (Aug 2020) Wordpress Plugin 0day - Remote Code Execution MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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