# CVE-2024-0691: FileBird <= 5.6.0 - Authenticated(Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Folder Import

> Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary web scripts via folder imports, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mgrh-9mx5-cjmf

## What is CVE-2024-0691?

CVE-2024-0691 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ninjateam FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager, published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The FileBird plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via imported folder titles in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. It may also be possible to socially engineer an administrator into uploading a malicious folder import.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0691?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ninjateam Filebird.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0691?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0691 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0691 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0691 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ninjateam FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager

- [CVE-2021-24385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24385/): Filebird 4.7.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-2345](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2345/): Cross-site scripting in FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-25966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25966/): WordPress FileBird plugin <= 5.1.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2024-2346](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2346/): Missing authorization in FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-35166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35166/): Information disclosure in Filebird (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0691 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0691 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ninjateam FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager, published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0691 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ninjateam FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager. 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-2024-0691/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0691/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0691
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0691
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0691

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.