CVE-2025-14804 Frontend File Manager < 23.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion
Authenticated users can delete arbitrary files on the server due to lack of path validation and ownership checks in the Frontend File Manager plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14804?
CVE-2025-14804 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 7 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 23.5 did not validate a path parameter and ownership of the file, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscribers to delete arbitrary files on the server
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14804?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14804?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-14804 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14804 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw75-x5g3-fh33.