CVE-2025-47688 WordPress Advanced File Manager plugin <= 5.3.1 - Broken Access Control to Notice Dismissal vulnerability

What is CVE-2025-47688?

CVE-2025-47688 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Advanced File Manager, published on 7 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Advanced File Manager file-manager-advanced allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Advanced File Manager: from n/a through <= 5.3.1.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47688?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Advancedfilemanager Advanced File Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2025-47688?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47688 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-2025-47688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Saad Iqbal Advanced File Manager

• 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-2024-5598 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.4 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing High 7.5
• CVE-2024-8704 Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion via fma_locale High 7.2

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-5fq6-9g2x-qxj3.