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WordPress Plugin: wp-file-manager: CVE-2018-16967: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 17, 2018
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

There is an XSS vulnerability in the File Manager plugin 3.0 for WordPress via the pageequal towp_file_manager_root public_path parameter.

Solution

wp-file-manager-plugin-cve-2018-16967
Title
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