Vulnerability · Published Oct 23, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9829Download Plugin <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Metadata and Comment Download
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Download Plugin from metagauss. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability checks on the 'dpwap_handle_download_user' and 'dpwap_handle_download_comment' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download any comment, and download metadata for any user including user PII and sensitive information including username, email, hashed passwords and application passwords, session token information and more depending on set up and additional plugins installed.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| metagauss | Download Plugin | 0 – through 2.2.0 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0891211-e4b3-4dcf-8ee0-e20abeb91640?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L262
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L335
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L242
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3170600/