Simplefilelist operates a narrowly scoped file-listing and sharing application that despite minimal product breadth has acquired attention in the vulnerability landscape, particularly among security researchers and tool developers. Vulnerabilities affecting the vendor skew toward serious severity outcomes and frequently acquire public exploit code; the recurring exposure centers on web application input handling and file-management weaknesses including cross-site scripting, path traversal, CSRF, and unrestricted dangerous-file uploads that are characteristic of web-facing file-serving applications. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Simplefilelist over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (9 CVEs).
9 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2022-3062MEDIUM The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 4.4.12 does not escape parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | Sep 26, 2022 | 6.1 | 57 | NO | YES |
CVE-2020-36847CRITICAL The Simple-File-List Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.2.2 via the rename function which can be used to rename uploade | Jul 12, 2025 | 9.8 | 56 | NO | YES |
CVE-2020-12832CRITICAL WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied | May 13, 2020 | 9.8 | 44 | NO | YES |
CVE-2022-1119HIGH The Simple File List WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Download via the eeFile parameter found in the ~/includes/ee-downloader.php file due to missing controls which | Apr 19, 2022 | 7.5 | 40 | NO | YES |
CVE-2024-10146MEDIUM The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 6.1.13 does not sanitise and escape a generated URL before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Script | Nov 14, 2024 | 5.4 | 26 | NO | YES |
CVE-2022-3208MEDIUM The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 4.4.12 does not implement nonce checks, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin create new page and change it's content v | Oct 10, 2022 | 6.5 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-3207MEDIUM The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 4.4.12 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross- | Oct 10, 2022 | 4.8 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-39924MEDIUM Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List plugin <= 6.1.9 versions. | Oct 25, 2023 | 4.8 | 16 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-1025MEDIUM The Simple File List WordPress plugin before 6.0.10 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross- | Mar 27, 2023 | 4.8 | 15 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (9 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Simplefilelist.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Simplefilelist — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.