CVE-2020-25213: WordPress File Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS: 97.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because it renames an unsafe example elFinder connector file to have the .php extension. This, for example, allows attackers to run the elFinder upload (or mkfile and put) command to write PHP code into the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory. This was exploited in the wild in August and September 2020.

Affected products

• Filemanagerpro File Manager: before 6.9 (fixed in 6.9)

Published 2020-09-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.