CVE-2023-2068File Manager Advanced Shortcode <= 2.3.2 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution through shortcode
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 39.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The File Manager Advanced Shortcode WordPress plugin through 2.3.2 does not adequately prevent uploading files with disallowed MIME types when using the shortcode. This leads to RCE in cases where the allowed MIME type list does not include PHP files. In the worst case, this is available to unauthenticated users.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Wordpress File Manager Advanced Shortcode 2.3.2 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution through shortcode (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/wp_plugin_fma_shortcode_unauth_rceRank excellentdisclosed 31 May 2023
Exploit-DB1 entry
- File Manager Advanced Shortcode 2.3.2 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51505webapps, phppublished 4 Jun 2023Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/58f72953-56d2-4d86-a49b-311b5fc58056 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 20 months later
· 20 months later
Record updated
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 39.6% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Unknown · file-manager-advanced-shortcode
- affected ≤ 2.3.2
References
References2
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/58f72953-56d2-4d86-a49b-311b5fc58056 (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173735/WordPress-File-Manager-Advanced-Shortcode-2.3.2-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-33594 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-2068)Record last updated .