{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-15042 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-15042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-15042 is a critical vulnerability in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-15042 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-15042 is a critical vulnerability in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-15042 exists.\n\nAffected product: nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15042/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-15042","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15042/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-15042","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-98v8-mh4j-wqg7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via missing validation in WordPress plugins, potentially leading to remote code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"file_upload"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"frontend_file_manager","vendor":"najeebmedia"},{"product":"post_front-end_form","vendor":"najeebmedia"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-434","name":"Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type"}],"description":"The Frontend File Manager (versions \u003c 4.0), N-Media Post Front-end Form (versions \u003c 1.1) plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the `nm_filemanager_upload_file` and `nm_postfront_upload_file` AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2025-09-03","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":1,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2025-09-03T08:50:11Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/ImBIOS/lab-cve-2016-15042","stars":1,"title":"CVE-2016-15042 lab: Dockerized WordPress PoC for unauthenticated file upload in Frontend File Manager \u003c4.0 and N‑Media Post Front‑end Form \u003c1.1"},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-15042.yaml","stars":null,"title":"WordPress Frontend File Manager \u003c 4.0 \u0026 N-Media Post Frontend \u003c 1.1 - Arbitrary File Upload"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Frontend File Manager \u003c 4.0 \u0026 N-Media Post Front-end Form \u003c 1.1 \u0026 - Arbitrary File Upload","id":"CVE-2016-15042","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"file_upload","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"WP Mobile Detector \u003c= 3.5 - Arbitrary File Upload","id":"CVE-2016-15043"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies","id":"CVE-2016-15041"},"products":["Frontend File Manager Plugin","N-Media Post Front-end Form"],"published":"2024-10-16","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Frontend File Manager \u003c 21.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload","id":"CVE-2022-3125","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-03"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"WordPress Frontend File Manager Plugin plugin \u003c= 22.7 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-25903","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-03-17"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Frontend File Manager \u003c 21.3 - Unauthenticated File Renaming","id":"CVE-2022-3124","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-10-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["nmedia"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary files via missing validation in WordPress plugins, potentially leading to remote code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15042/"}