File Manager, Code editor, backup by Managefy <= 1.6.1 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.6.2
- Affected Plugin
- File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy
- Affected Version
<= 1.6.1- CVSS
- 5.9Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CVE
CVE-2025-10744
At a glance
CVE-2025-10744 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.9 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.6.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2025, reported by Aurélien BOURDOIS (Elymaro).
Vulnerability Overview
The File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1 through publicly exposed log files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view information like full paths and full paths to backup files information contained in the exposed log files.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Reaching this weakness in File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy <= 1.6.1 takes no account at all. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.
The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy the fix is 1.6.2: builds <= 1.6.1 are affected, anything from 1.6.2 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.6.2, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: File Manager, Code Editor, and Backup by Managefy 1.6.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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