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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network-reachable operation with no user interaction, but a granted file-manager account is required (PR:L); arbitrary PHP upload yields full code execution, so C/I/A all High.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The FileOrganizer WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate the file type on several of its file-management operations, allowing authenticated users who have been granted file-manager access - which its premium add-on can extend to sub-administrator roles - to upload arbitrary PHP files and achieve remote code execution. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2024-7985, which only added file-type validation to the upload operation.
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Authenticated remote code execution in the FileOrganizer WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 lets users granted file-manager access upload arbitrary PHP files because several file-management operations skip file-type validation. Publicly available exploit code exists, and the flaw is an incomplete fix of CVE-2024-7985, which only hardened the upload operation while leaving other file-management endpoints unvalidated. …
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| Exploitation | Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account that has been granted file-manager access within FileOrganizer (CVSS PR:L confirms low-privilege authentication is needed, so this is not exploitable by anonymous visitors). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
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| Exploit Scenario | An attacker who holds (or phishes/registers into) a low-privileged WordPress account with file-manager access uses the plugin's unvalidated file-management operation to write a PHP web shell into the site directory, then requests that file over HTTP to run arbitrary code as the web-server user. Because publicly available exploit code exists and the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/UI:N, the attack is straightforward once the required file-manager privilege is obtained and needs no victim interaction. |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: upgrade the FileOrganizer plugin to version 1.2.0 or later, which adds the file-type validation missing from the additional file-management operations left unfixed by CVE-2024-7985; confirm the premium add-on is updated in step with the core plugin. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours: Audit all WordPress installations for FileOrganizer plugin presence and current version; immediately restrict file-manager role access to administrator accounts only. …
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EUVD-2026-41821
GHSA-mfx2-4vh3-fj3j