CVE-2024-5598 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.4 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing

What is CVE-2024-5598?

CVE-2024-5598 is a high-severity vulnerability in saadiqbal Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution, published on 29 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Advanced File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.4 via the 'fma_local_file_system' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including backups or other sensitive information if the files have been moved to the built-in Trash folder.

Weakness: CWE-922

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5598?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Advancedfilemanager Advanced File Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5598?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5598 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-5598 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5598 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in saadiqbal Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution

• CVE-2024-13333 Advanced File Manager 5.2.12 - 5.2.13 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload High 7.5
• CVE-2024-11391 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload High 7.5
• CVE-2024-8126 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload High 7.5
• CVE-2024-8704 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion via fma_locale High 7.2
• CVE-2024-8725 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited File Upload Medium 6.8

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-xg85-3q5w-8wff.