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

> CVE-2020-25213: WordPress File Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. CVSS 10.0 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2020-25213
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:36Z

- Published: 2020-09-09 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 10.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
- EPSS: 97.3%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- WordPress: File Manager Plugin

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25213)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25213)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160003/WordPress-File-Manager-6.8-Remote-Code-Execution.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160003/WordPress-File-Manager-6.8-Remote-Code-Execution.html)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171650/WordPress-File-Manager-6.9-Shell-Upload.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171650/WordPress-File-Manager-6.9-Shell-Upload.html)
- [https://github.com/w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day](https://github.com/w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day)
- [https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/wordpress-websites-attacked-via-file-manager-plugin-vulnerability-24048.html](https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/wordpress-websites-attacked-via-file-manager-plugin-vulnerability-24048.html)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2373068](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2373068)
- [https://seravo.com/blog/0-day-vulnerability-in-wp-file-manager/](https://seravo.com/blog/0-day-vulnerability-in-wp-file-manager/)
- [https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-zero-day-vulnerability-in-file-manager-plugin/](https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-zero-day-vulnerability-in-file-manager-plugin/)
- [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/\#developers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/#developers)
- [https://zdnet.com/article/millions-of-wordpress-sites-are-being-probed-attacked-with-recent-plugin-bug/](https://zdnet.com/article/millions-of-wordpress-sites-are-being-probed-attacked-with-recent-plugin-bug/)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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