# Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager

> File management plugin featuring file upload, download manager, statistics and download log.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `shared-files`
- Author: Anssi Laitila
- Version: 1.7.72
- Active installs: 3,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-21 (23 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.2, PHP 7.2
- Tags: download manager, file manager, file sharing, file upload, upload
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/shared-files/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 23 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Phones home ↔ Private, Heavy ↔ Light, Behind ↔ Current, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-08-28 CRITICAL: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion (before 1.7.67). WF-bdb4468a-cd01-4f4c-9353-d77fcf7a558f, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdb4468a-cd01-4f4c-9353-d77fcf7a558f?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-26 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Limited File Upload (before 1.7.67). WF-03288d4e-22cc-4995-a473-9eb0f90b91b2, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/03288d4e-22cc-4995-a473-9eb0f90b91b2?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery (up to 1.7.69). CVE-2026-78269, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0296b9ce-22b5-4c00-b57d-9c33c3b100fe?source=api-prod
- 2026-06-15 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Path Traversal (up to 1.7.64). CVE-2026-49112, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e3e99032-2e71-45bd-99a6-ad0a93c39bc0?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-30 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Download (before 1.7.58). CVE-2025-15433, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9b3f1ff-4f8b-45ec-90eb-1a75353654e3?source=api-prod
- 2025-06-02 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via sanitize_file Function (up to 1.7.48). CVE-2025-4392, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/469a9c8a-0708-4c93-99d8-e9157a1f91f5?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-30 HIGH: Limited Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload (up to 1.7.42). CVE-2024-13504, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f4210a0-5448-4ff6-876a-37db4ad9b23a?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-09 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure (up to 1.7.28). CVE-2024-43230, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4ae2b7d-e48d-4880-9202-6e564a3b404f?source=api-prod
- 2024-05-07 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 1.7.19). CVE-2024-34438, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7072b93b-4d18-464e-802d-a6c17a224593?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-17 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Notice Dismissal (up to 1.7.16). CVE-2024-32679, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/560cd314-e442-4284-948f-e654445e0765?source=api-prod
- 2023-09-21 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.7.5). CVE-2023-4819, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7c4fc322-1f62-48e3-8177-4894c947624b?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (1.6.23 to 1.6.99). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-322, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 1.6.72). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-194, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-18 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.6.61). CVE-2021-24856, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/97e9037e-7d7a-4dad-bce1-0211822c04c1?source=api-prod
- 2021-09-15 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.6.57). CVE-2021-24736, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e10e550-735f-4bef-8e58-bcb79c51a5a6?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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