Authenticated settings modification via missing capability check
Published Aug 3, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in Ninja Team File Manager Pro – Filester 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change role settings. The njt_fs_saveSettingRestrictions function accepts restriction-setting updates without verifying that the caller has the required capability. Exploitation requires a logged-in role granted plugin access by an administrator and can permit PHP uploads, enabling modification of site files.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Ninja Team File Manager Pro – Filester 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change role settings. The njt_fs_saveSettingRestrictions function accepts restriction-setting updates without verifying that the caller has the required capability. Exploitation requires a logged-in role granted plugin access by an administrator and can permit PHP uploads, enabling modification of site files.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-7031
- Published
- Aug 3, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Ninja Team
- Product
- File Manager Pro – Filester
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1505.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.8.2
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