What is CVE-2026-79627?

CVE-2026-79627 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advanced File Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-79627?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

XSS in Advanced File Manager

CVE-2026-79627

The Advanced File Manager WordPress plugin before 6.0.0 does not correctly determine whether a stored file is an SVG before sanitising it, allowing users granted file-manager access by an administrator to store a file containing script that is not stripped and that runs in the browser of anyone who opens it, including an administrator.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-21 · last modified 2026-10-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-22.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 4.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

The 30-day trend appears once there are two daily scores.

Affected products

Advanced File Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e6a56b2e-71dc-41cb-8a57-091b5ff47440/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79627?: CVE-2026-79627 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advanced File Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-79627?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.