CVE-2020-25213
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 97.3%
The File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin before 6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because it renames an unsafe example elFinder connector file to have the .php extension. This, for example, allows attackers to run the elFinder upload (or mkfile and put) command to write PHP code into the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory. This was exploited in the wild in August and September 2020.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 MITRE
- 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 97.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2021-11-03
- Nuclei
- critical · CWE-434
- Published
- 2020-09-09
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (20)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160003/WordPress-File-Manager-6.8-Remote-Code-Execut…
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171650/WordPress-File-Manager-6.9-Shell-Upload.html
- https://seravo.com/blog/0-day-vulnerability-in-wp-file-manager/
- https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-zero-day-vulnerabil…
- 0000000O0Oo/Wordpress-CVE-2020-252130★ · 2021-03-13
- 3xPr1nc3/wp-file-manager-exploit2★ · 2020-09-13
- BLY-Coder/Python-exploit-CVE-2020-252136★ · 2023-03-13
- E1tex/Python-CVE-2020-252133★ · 2023-08-02
- b1ackros337/CVE-2020-252130★ · 2022-07-09
- electronforce/py2to32★ · 2021-03-18
- forse01/CVE-2020-25213-Wordpress0★ · 2021-03-05
- kakamband/WPKiller1★ · 2020-11-13
- mansoorr123/wp-file-manager-CVE-2020-2521359★ · 2020-10-12
- piruprohacking/CVE-2020-252130★ · 2021-04-03
- w4fz5uck5/wp-file-manager-0day73★ · 2020-10-09
- KienHoSD/wp-file-manager-exploit-CVE-2020-25213-with-Zerologon0★ · 2026-05-10
- aprnx/wp-file-manager-poc-chain2★ · 2026-09-01
- w0rmgh4d/Wordpress---Auto-Exploit0★ · 2026-10-05
- HackfutSecRoot/wordpress-auto-upload-shell1★ · 2026-10-04
- Maalfer/CVE-2020-25213-exploit
Nuclei templates (1)
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (2)
Exploit collections (1)
- WordPress File Manager ＜ 6.9 RCE（CVE-2020-25213）PoC.mdtzwlhack/Vulnerability
Security advisories
- https://hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com/blog/wordpress-websites-attacked-via-file-manager-…
- https://seravo.com/blog/0-day-vulnerability-in-wp-file-manager
- https://wordfence.com/blog/2020/09/700000-wordpress-users-affected-by-zero-day-vulnerabil…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2373068
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/#developers