CVE-2020-35235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

vendor/elfinder/php/connector.minimal.php in the secure-file-manager plugin through 2.5 for WordPress loads elFinder code without proper access control. Thus, any authenticated user can run the elFinder upload command to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08993.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themexa:secure_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Themexa Subscribe	Secure File Manager Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.nintechnet.com/authenticated-rce-vulnerability-in-wordpress-secure-file-manager-plugin-unpatched/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-file-manager/#developers

History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-12-14T02:20:27.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:02:07.522Z

Reserved: 2020-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-35235

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:02:07.522Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-14T03:15:13.370

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:27:05.023

Link: CVE-2020-35235

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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