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TI-2020-17911 Aliases CVE-2020-35235GHSA-cg8j-592g-v7p8

vendor/elfinder/php/connector.minimal.php in the secure-file-manager plugin through 2.5…

Priority HIGH 73Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.18284 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:themexa:secure_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 2.5VulnerableThemexa
  • cpe:2.3:a:themexa:secure_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 2.5 Vulnerable ·Themexa

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-35235
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cg8j-592g-v7p8

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Sources

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