# CVE-2022-3124: Frontend File Manager < 21.3 - Unauthenticated File Renaming

> Unauthenticated attackers can rename arbitrary files on the web server, potentially leading to code execution or data modification.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wvhv-jqpm-79vj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3124

## What is CVE-2022-3124?

CVE-2022-3124 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 3 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 21.3 allows any unauthenticated user to rename uploaded files from users. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation in the destination filename, this could allow allow them to change the content of arbitrary files on the web server

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Najeebmedia Frontend File Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3124 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3124 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Frontend File Manager < 21.3 - Unauthenticated File Renaming (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3124.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin

- [CVE-2016-15042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15042/): Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & - Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3125/): Frontend File Manager < 21.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-25903](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25903/): WordPress Frontend File Manager Plugin plugin <= 22.7 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3124 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 3 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3124 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3124/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.