# CVE-2022-3124: Frontend File Manager Plugin - Authentication Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2022-3124 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2022-3124

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 5.3
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** N-Media Frontend File Manager
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)
- **Tags:** cms

## Description

The Frontend File Manager Plugin WordPress plugin before 21.3 allows any unauthenticated user to rename uploaded files from users. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation in the destination filename, this could allow allow them to change the content of arbitrary files on the web server

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2022-3124](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3124) is a vulnerability in the Frontend File Manager Plugin for WordPress that allows unauthenticated users to rename uploaded files and potentially modify the content of arbitrary files on the web server. This flaw could be exploited by attackers to tamper with website files, leading to possible defacement or further compromise of the site’s integrity.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 24th of September 2025.

CrowdSec network observations suggest that most exploitation of CVE-2022-3124 involves focused reconnaissance to identify viable targets. Attackers typically tailor their campaigns based on system exposure and configuration. It is unlikely that a given attack is accidental.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2022-3124 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit the `/wp-json/wpfm/v1/file-rename` endpoint to rename files by supplying crafted `filename` parameters, often using directory traversal sequences to target arbitrary files on WordPress installations.

## Timeline

- 2022-10-03: CVE Published. CVE-2022-3124 is published to NVD.
- 2025-09-24: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2022-3124 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-09-25: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2022-3124 for the first time.

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/00f76765-95af-4dbc-8c37-f1b15a0e8608
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-3124.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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