TI-2024-11438 Aliases CVE-2024-12331 GHSA-449m-fffr-gjmh

File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Filebird Plugin Installation

LOW 20CWE-862Published 2024-12-19 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The File Manager Pro – Filester plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_install_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the Filebird plugin.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00349 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
ninjateam	File Manager Pro – Filester	up to 1.8.6	—	No fix listed	CNA

File Manager Pro – Filester Vendorninjateam Affected up to 1.8.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:ninjateam:filester::::::wordpress::*	before 1.8.7	Vulnerable	ninjateam

cpe:2.3:a:ninjateam:filester:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.8.7 Vulnerable ·ninjateam

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12331
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-449m-fffr-gjmh

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b09bfff-4d6e-4de0-b6ab-6ac27c4f2be6?source=cve

Other 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208858/filester

TI-2023-04443 File Manager Pro < 1.8 - Remote Code Execution via CSRF CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-04475 File Manager Pro < 1.8.1 - Admin+ Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2024-07478 File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.6- Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-06525 File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated Plugin Settings Update CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-08971 File Manager Pro – Filester <= 1.8.5 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local JavaScript File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2023-04476 File Manager Pro < 1.8.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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