Advanced File Manager <= 5.4.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via postMessage 'soundFile' Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'soundFile' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the attacker to control a domain whose origin string is a leading prefix of the target site's backend URL (e.g. https://example.co against https://example.com), and the victim must be an authenticated WordPress administrator who visits the attacker-controlled page while the File Manager admin screen is open.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| saadiqbal | Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution | up to 5.4.12 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution Vendorsaadiqbal Affected up to 5.4.12 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Advanced File Manager |
- cpe:2.3:a:advancedfilemanager:advanced_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Advanced File Manager
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15009
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2jr-q8h6-hr93
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d164f5e-c313-4e45-a17b-61460b10204e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/tags/5.4.12/application/library/js/elFinder.js#L4596
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/tags/5.4.12/application/library/js/elFinder.js#L4839
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/tags/5.4.12/application/library/js/elFinder.js#L4856
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/tags/5.4.11/application/library/js/elFinder.js#L4596
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/tags/5.4.11/application/library/js/elFinder.js#L4839
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/tags/5.4.11/application/library/js/elFinder.js#L4856
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3645011%40file-manager-advanced&new=3645011%40file-manager-advanced
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Sources
- CVE-2026-15009 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15009 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r2jr-q8h6-hr93 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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