Cross-site scripting in WordPress Frontend File Manager plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WordPress Frontend File Manager plugin by N-Media, up to and including 23.6, contains a cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) because input is not neutralized before it is placed in web pages. An unauthenticated attacker can inject script that runs in a victim's browser, and the victim must interact with the page for this to happen.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Frontend File Manager <= 23.6 versions.
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Frontend File Manager.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-32577
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-4pgv-9pwg-p3m2
- 2026-10-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
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- TI-2016-09162 Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & - Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-03863 Simple User Registration <= 6.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-22153 WordPress OrderConvo plugin <= 12.4 - Unauthenticated API Access to Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-33090 WordPress Simple User Registration plugin <= 6.7 - Broken Authentication vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-08065 Website Contact Form With File Upload <= 1.3.4 - Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-03100 Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in doupload.php in the Nmedia Member Conversation… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-32577 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-32577 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4pgv-9pwg-p3m2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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