Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing < 1.7.58 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Download

4.3
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-15433
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 30, 2026
Last Updated April 9, 2026
Researcher Muhammad Rohan Khan

Description

The Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to 1.7.58 (exclusive). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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Vulnerability Details for Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shared-files (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.7.58, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.7.58
Patched Version
  • 1.7.58

Recent vulnerabilities in Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing <= 1.7.64 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal CVE-2026-49112 5.3 kai63001 June 5, 2026
2 Shared Files <= 1.7.48 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via sanitize_file Function CVE-2025-4392 7.2 Martin Martin June 2, 2025
3 Shared Files – Frontend File Upload Form & Secure File Sharing <= 1.7.42 - Limited Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload CVE-2024-13504 7.2 Tim Coen January 30, 2025
4 Shared Files <= 1.7.28 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2024-43230 5.3 Abdi Pranata August 9, 2024
5 Shared Files <= 1.7.19 - Missing Authorization CVE-2024-34438 5.3 domiee13 May 7, 2024
6 Shared Files <= 1.7.16 - Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal CVE-2024-32679 5.3 Dhabaleshwar Das April 17, 2024
7 Shared Files <= 1.7.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-4819 7.2 Zeyad Alshahrani September 21, 2023
8 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get CVE-2023-33999 6.1 Rafie Muhammad July 18, 2023
9 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVE-2022-4974 6.3 March 4, 2022
10 Shared Files – Easy Download Manager and File Sharing Plugin with Frontend File Upload <= 1.6.60 - Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2021-24856 4.8 Kévin Mosbahi (Mika) October 18, 2021

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