CVE-2025-57921 WordPress Frontend File Manager plugin <= 23.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Attackers can bypass access controls to read or modify files in the Frontend File Manager plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-57921?
CVE-2025-57921 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in N-Media Frontend File Manager, published on 22 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in N-Media Frontend File Manager nmedia-user-file-uploader allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Frontend File Manager: from n/a through <= 23.3.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57921?
How do I fix CVE-2025-57921?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57921 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-2025-57921 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57921 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hj2c-hf23-cr5m.