HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-4827

Filester vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
6.8%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The File Manager Pro WordPress plugin before 1.8 does not properly check the CSRF nonce in the `fs_connector` AJAX action. This allows attackers to make highly privileged users perform unwanted file system actions via CSRF attacks by using GET requests, such as uploading a web shell.
Affected vendor
Ninjateam
Affected product
Filester
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-10-16

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-4827

  • Confirm whether Ninjateam Filester is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-4827.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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