Description

WordPress Plugin Download Manager is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to delete arbitrary files in the context of the webserver process. WordPress Plugin Download Manager version 3.2.50 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.2.51 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-download-manager-plugin/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/download-manager/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-2431 CWE-73 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update