CVE-2020-35235 describes a critical vulnerability in the secure-file-manager plugin (versions through 2.5) for WordPress, specifically within the vendor/elfinder/php/connector.minimal.php component. This flaw allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary code remotely by leveraging the elFinder upload command due to improper access control. The vulnerability carries a CVSSv3.1 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring only low privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score is low, suggesting infrequent exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themexa:secure_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.