How to mitigate Wordpress plugin critical vulnerability in the File Manager plugin

Question

A critical WordPress plugin vulnerability is resulting in malicious files appearing in the WordPress directories.

Is there a way to mitigate these attacks?

Answer

CloudLinux Imunify360 provides Mod_security rules to mitigate these attacks. Please see the below blog post for more information.

Imunify360 blog update concerning a critical vulnerability in the file manager plugin

If you are interested in purchasing Imunify360, the below documentation URL will be of assistance.

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If it isn't an option to purchase Imunify360, the WordFence plugin would also suffice. This plugin offers a free version and a paid version. Both versions include protection for the recent file manager plugin vulnerability as well as other vulnerabilities. The blog post by Wordfence contains a detailed report of the issue that occurs.

WordPress Vulnerability in the File Manager plugin