# CVE-2024-8743: File upload in File Manager

> Authenticated attackers can upload JavaScript files to achieve stored cross-site scripting, potentially executing malicious code in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pmcr-7m5c-ffg9

## What is CVE-2024-8743?

CVE-2024-8743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bitpressadmin File Manager, published on 5 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Bit File Manager – 100% Free & Open Source File Manager and Code Editor for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited JavaScript File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.7. This is due to a lack of proper checks on allowed file types. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, and granted permissions by an administrator, to upload .css and .js files, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8743?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-8743?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8743 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8743 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8743 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Proof-of-Concept script for WordPress plugin Bit File Manager version <= 6.5.7 Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited JavaScript File Upload (CVE-2024-8743) vulnerability (github_poc): https://github.com/siunam321/CVE-2024-8743-PoC

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8743 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bitpressadmin File Manager, published on 5 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8743 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bitpressadmin 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-2024-8743/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8743/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8743
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8743
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8743

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8743/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.