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WordPress File Manager Plugin < 6.9 RCE Vulnerability

🗓️ 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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The WordPress plugin 'File Manager' is prone to an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker may upload a shell and execute arbitrary commands. Version 6.8 and prior are affected. Update to version 6.9 or later

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:webdesi9:file_manager";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.144536");
  script_version("2025-01-21T05:37:33+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-21 05:37:33 +0000 (Tue, 21 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-09-09 04:24:42 +0000 (Wed, 09 Sep 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-11-10 17:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 10 Nov 2020)");

  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-25213");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("WordPress File Manager Plugin < 6.9 RCE Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/wp-file-manager/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'File Manager' is prone to an
  unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The WP File Manager plugin contains the elFinder library which is used in a
  way that introduced a remote code execution vulnerability which is used in active attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An unauthenticated attacker may upload a shell and execute arbitrary commands.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress File Manager plugin version 6.8 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.9 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-zero-day-vulnerability-in-file-manager-plugin/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.9")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.9", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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