WordPress vulnerability in three popular file manager plugins installed in up to 1.3 million sites enables arbitrary file ...

A significant security vulnerability has been identified and patched in the widely used File Manager plugin for WordPress, affecting over 1 million websites. The vulnerability is rated 8.1 out of ...

The bug is one of six critical flaws impacting the WordPress plugin Front File Manager versions 17.1 and 18.2, active on more than 2,000 websites.

File Manager accounts for over 700,000 active installations. In version 6.4, released on May 5, a file was renamed in the plugin for development and testing purposes.

The security flaw is in File Manager versions ranging from 6.0 to 6.8. Statistics from WordPress show that currently about 52 percent of installations are vulnerable. With more than half of File ...

"A file manager plugin like this would make it possible for an attacker to manipulate or upload any files of their choosing directly from the WordPress dashboard, potentially allowing them to ...

However, there are vulnerabilities in the File Manager plug-ins of versions 6.0 to 6.8, and it is estimated that more than 350,000 WordPress blogs are using this version.

The File Manager plugin is currently installed on more than 700,000 WordPress sites and the vulnerability impacts all versions between 6.0 and 6.8. 450,000 sites already probed ...

The WordPress backups are located in a specific section of the WordPress folders in the File Manager section of the Web hosting. WordPress suggests keeping at least three backups.