What is CVE-2024-2654?

CVE-2024-2654 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Filemanagerpro File Manager, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2024-2654?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-2654 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Filemanagerpro File Manager

CVE-2024-2654

The File Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.5 via the fm_download_backup function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary zip files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Published 2024-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Filemanagerpro File Manager
Mndpsingh287 File Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca98fbc6-8cfa-4997-8a46-344af… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-file-manager/trunk/file_folder_manager.php (Product)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3062387/wp-file-manager/trunk (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2654?: CVE-2024-2654 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Filemanagerpro File Manager, classified under Path Traversal: '.../...//'. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2024-2654?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-2654 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.