WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Multiple elFinder Plugins - DOM-based XSS via postMessage Origin Bypass

Description

The plugins do not correctly validate the origin of window messages received by the file browser they load on their admin screens, accepting any origin that is a leading string prefix of the site's own address, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary JavaScript in the session of a logged-in administrator who visits a page under their control.

The defect is in the file-manager library all three bundle, and every version below 2.1.70 carries it. Updating the bundled library closes it.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 8.0.5
Fixed in 1.2.1
Fixed in 2.1.3

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Mutantgun
Submitter
Mutantgun
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-24 (about 18 hours ago)
Added
2026-09-24 (about 4 hours ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-24 (about 4 hours ago)

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