CVE-2018-19042 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the Media File Manager plugin 1.4.2 for WordPress, allowing unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily move files. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) has a low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability, as it primarily facilitates unauthorized file relocation. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:media_file_manager_project:media_file_manager:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.