# CVE-2026-1280: Missing authorization in Frontend File Manager Plugin

> Unauthenticated attackers can enumerate and exfiltrate sensitive files via email by exploiting missing authorization checks in the Frontend File Manager Plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 28 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95g8-rf6q-22v9

## What is CVE-2026-1280?

CVE-2026-1280 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized file sharing due to a missing capability check on the 'wpfm_send_file_in_email' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 23.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to share arbitrary uploaded files via email by supplying a file ID. Since file IDs are sequential integers, attackers can enumerate all uploaded files on the site and exfiltrate sensitive data that was intended to be restricted to administrators only.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-1280?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-1280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-1280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-1280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-1280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-1280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-1280 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin, published on 28 Jan 2026. 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-2026-1280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nmedia Frontend File Manager Plugin. 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-2026-1280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1280/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-1280

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1280/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.