Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-24312
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 15.9% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)15.9%top 3.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei
Official description
mndpsingh287 WP File Manager v6.4 and lower fails to restrict external access to the fm_backups directory with a .htaccess file. This results in the ability for unauthenticated users to browse and download any site backups, which sometimes include full database backups, that the plugin has taken.