CVE-2020-25213

WordPress File Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Critical 10.0
Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Nov 2021

Description

The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because it renames an unsafe example elFinder connector file to have the .php extension. This, for example, allows attackers to run the elFinder upload (or mkfile and put) command to write PHP code into the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory. This was exploited in the wild in August and September 2020.

Key facts

Published: 9 Sep 2020
Last changed: 21 Oct 2025
Assigned by: mitre
KEV added: 3 Nov 2021
KEV fix due: 3 May 2022
EPSS: 97.328% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.898% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA): Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

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10.0CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (mitre)CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a (affected)