CVE-2026-15991

Vulnerability Description

The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the connector function in all versions from 6.0 - 6.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read and delete arbitrary files on the server, which can lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). The bypass is triggered by passing cmd=rm or cmf=file in the URL query string of a POST request: elFinder's bind registration reads the command exclusively from $_POST and therefore never registers the rm.pre permission handler, while the dispatcher reads from the merged $_GET+$_POST superglobal and executes the rm or file command unchecked against a volume that defaults to ABSPATH.

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References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager/tags/6.9/backend/app/Htt
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager/tags/6.9/backend/app/Htt
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager/tags/6.9/backend/app/Pro
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager/tags/6.9/backend/hooks/a
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager/tags/6.9/vendor/studio-4
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-manager/tags/6.9/vendor/studio-4
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3632660/file-manager/trunk/backend/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ffile-manager/tags/6.9&n
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a041f15c-0e30-459b-8df