CM Download Manager <= 2.0.3 - Code Injection

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2014-8877
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published November 10, 2014
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Phi Le Ngoc
Description

The alterSearchQuery function in lib/controllers/CmdownloadController.php in the CreativeMinds CM Downloads Manager plugin before 2.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the CMDsearch parameter to cmdownloads/, which is processed by the PHP create_function function.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug cm-download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.3
Patched Version
  • 2.0.4
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