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vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: file-manager-advanced: CVE-2023-3814: Improper Access Control

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 14, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Advanced File Managerplugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper access control in versions up to, and including, 5.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to access the filesystem on multisite installations. This only affects multi-site installations.

Solution

file-manager-advanced-plugin-cve-2023-3814
Title
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