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

> Attackers can dismiss admin notices without authorization due to missing access controls in the Advanced File Manager plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5fq6-9g2x-qxj3

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47688?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13333/): Advanced File Manager 5.2.12 - 5.2.13 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-11391](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11391/): Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-8126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8126/): Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-5598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5598/): Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.4 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-8704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8704/): Advanced File Manager <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion via fma_locale (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-47688 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Saad Iqbal Advanced 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-2025-47688/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47688/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47688
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47688
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47688

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47688/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.