CVE-2024-12331 Missing authorization in File Manager Pro – Filester

What is CVE-2024-12331?

CVE-2024-12331 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ninjateam File Manager Pro – Filester, published on 19 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The File Manager Pro – Filester plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_install_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the Filebird plugin.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12331?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ninjateam Filester.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-12331 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in ninjateam File Manager Pro – Filester

• CVE-2023-4827 File Manager Pro < 1.8 - Remote Code Execution via CSRF High 8.8
• CVE-2024-8066 File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.6- Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload High 7.5
• CVE-2024-7031 File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated Plugin Settings Update High 7.5
• CVE-2024-9669 File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion High 7.2
• CVE-2023-4861 File Manager Pro < 1.8.1 - Admin+ Remote Code Execution High 7.2

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-449m-fffr-gjmh.