CVE-2021-4344 Frontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2021-4344?

CVE-2021-4344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 7 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Frontend File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 18.2. This is due to lacking mishandling the use of user IDs that is accessible by the visitor. This makes it possible for unauthenticated or authenticated attackers to access the information and privileges of other users, including 'guest users', in their own category (authenticated, or unauthenticated guests).

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4344?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Najeebmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin.

How do I fix CVE-2021-4344?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-4344 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-4344 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4344 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin

• CVE-2021-4368 Frontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Authenticated Settings Change leading to Arbitrary File Upload Critical 9.9
• CVE-2021-4356 Frontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Download Critical 9.0
• CVE-2021-4350 Frontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection leading to Spam Emails High 7.2
• CVE-2021-4365 Frontend File Manager <= 18.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting High 7.2
• CVE-2023-5105 Frontend File Manager < 22.6 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Download Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r3qp-rjmv-24xx.