Download Manager: A security weakness
Download Manager is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Download Manager
- Plugin slug
download-manager- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
This CVE was published Sep 26, 2022 and is one of 67 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Download Manager to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.55 does not validate one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to list and read arbitrary files and folders outside of the blog directory
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N