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Medium · 4.9 Public exploit CVE-2025-9345 EUVD-2025-25956GHSA-x8c2-94q5-9993

File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy <= 1.4.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Download

Published Aug 28, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.8 via the ajax_downloadfile() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform actions on files outside of the originally intended directory.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
softdiscover File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy ≤ 1.4.8 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

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