THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-35235
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-35235

Secure File Manager vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
18.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
vendor/elfinder/php/connector.minimal.php in the secure-file-manager plugin through 2.5 for WordPress loads elFinder code without proper access control. Thus, any authenticated user can run the elFinder upload command to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Affected vendor
Themexa
Affected product
Secure File Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-12-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-35235

  • Confirm whether Themexa Secure File Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-35235.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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