01 Record
CVE-2016-15042
Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & - Arbitrary File Upload
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Front-end Form < 1.1 & - Arbitrary File Upload
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 6.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-10-16 07:31Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 16:43Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- a0e46471411c6a5c3b54dd1162730bf6f188f26e3e8ce6c57651d0c3b6ad21ef
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2c1e6298-f243-49a5-b1b7-52bd6a6c8858?source=cve
- www.pluginvulnerabilities.comhttps://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/09/19/arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-front-end-file-upload-and-manager-plugin/
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/nmedia-user-file-uploader/#developers
- wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/052f7d9a-aaff-4fb1-92b7-aeb83cc705a7
- www.pluginvulnerabilities.comhttps://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/09/19/arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-n-media-post-front-end-form/
- www.acunetix.comhttps://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-n-media-post-front-end-form-arbitrary-file-upload-1-0/