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CVE-2018-16967 (GCVE-0-2018-16967)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-15 20:39 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:39
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Summary
There is an XSS vulnerability in the mndpsingh287 File Manager plugin 3.0 for WordPress via the page=wp_file_manager_root public_path parameter.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-11 00:00
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