Name: CVE-2018-19043: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-19043, CWE-22, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.04965

The Media File Manager plugin 1.4.2 for WordPress allows arbitrary file renaming (specifying a "from" and "to" filename) via a ../ directory traversal in the dir parameter of an mrelocator_rename action to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php URI.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Media File Manager Plugin	—	Update media-file-manager plugin to version 1.4.3, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	May 11, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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