CVE-2026-12277
Frontend File Manager Plugin <= 23.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via Saved File Metadata Path Traversal
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin through 23.6 does not validate a file path derived from user input before deleting the referenced file, allowing unauthenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the server (such as wp-config.php) when guest upload mode is enabled. Deleting wp-config.php forces the site into its setup routine, which can be leveraged toward a full site takeover.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30f208f6-9d7b-4aaf-8689-496521d1a1dc/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Weakness
- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
Affected products
Unknown · Frontend File Manager Plugin
- affected ≤ 23.6
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30f208f6-9d7b-4aaf-8689-496521d1a1dc/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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