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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-15042

Frontend File Manager and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugins for WordPress nm_filemanager_upload_file and nm_postfront_upload_file AJAX Vulnerability

Published Oct 15, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2024 · N-Media Frontend File Manager and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugins for WordPress

Patch now

CVE-2016-15042 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm N-Media Frontend File Manager and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugins for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
5.72%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor N-Media Frontend File Manager and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugins for WordPress

The Frontend File Manager (versions < 4.0), N-Media Post Front-end Form (versions < 1.1) plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the and AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor N-Media Frontend File Manager and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugins for WordPressversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-15042

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-15042 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm N-Media Frontend File Manager and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugins for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 5.72%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Frontend File Manager (versions < 4.0), N-Media Post Front-end Form (versions < 1.1) plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the and AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

  2. Oct 15, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-15042

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-15042

    30-day exploitation probability 5.7%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-15042

    The Frontend File Manager (versions < 4.0), N-Media Post Front-end Form (versions < 1.1) plugins for WordPress are vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the and AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arb

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.