Subscriber-level file deletion via case-normalized path overwrite
Published Jun 27, 2026 · Updated Jun 27, 2026
Arbitrary file deletion in N-Media Frontend File Manager Plugin 23.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to delete server files. The wpfm_file_meta_update AJAX handler's case-sensitive unset check misses uppercase WPFM_DIR_PATH, which sanitize_key() later normalizes before update_post_meta() overwrites the stored path; delete_file_locally() then passes that path to unlink() without directory containment validation. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and deletion of wp-config.php or another critical file can interrupt the site or enable takeover.
Summary
What happened
Arbitrary file deletion in N-Media Frontend File Manager Plugin 23.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to delete server files. The wpfm_file_meta_update AJAX handler's case-sensitive unset check misses uppercase WPFM_DIR_PATH, which sanitize_key() later normalizes before update_post_meta() overwrites the stored path; delete_file_locally() then passes that path to unlink() without directory containment validation. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and deletion of wp-config.php or another critical file can interrupt the site or enable takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8095
- Published
- Jun 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 27, 2026
- Vendor
- N-Media
- Product
- Frontend File Manager Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-73, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 27, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 27, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=23.6
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