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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2018-19040 json

The Media File Manager plugin 1.4.2 for WordPress allows directory listing via a ../ directory traversal in the dir parameter of an mreloca…

published 2019-01-31 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-10758

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.1%
EPSS 12.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Media File Manager plugin 1.4.2 for WordPress allows directory listing via a ../ directory traversal in the dir parameter of an mrelocator_getdir action to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php URI.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-45809)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45809 WordPress Plugin Media File Manager 1.4.2 - Directory Traversal / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2018-11-12

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.