# CVE-2026-12119: Missing authorization in Simple File List

> Authenticated contributors can perform arbitrary file operations like deletion, move, and download due to missing authorization checks in the Simple File List plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 20 Jun 2026
- **Updated:** 22 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-45x9-67jx-vx44

## What is CVE-2026-12119?

CVE-2026-12119 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eemitch Simple File List, published on 20 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Simple File List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized file operations due to a missing authorization check on the 'frontmanage' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to perform arbitrary file operations including deletion, move, folder creation, and download. An attacker can create a draft post containing the 'eeSFL' shortcode, render it via the post preview endpoint to harvest the nonce needed to authorize the operations, and then submit file operation requests that bypass the intended authorization checks in includes/ee-list-ops-bar-process.php.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12119?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-12119?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-12119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-12119 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-12119 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eemitch Simple File List, published on 20 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eemitch Simple File List. 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-2026-12119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12119/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12119
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12119
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12119

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12119/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.