CM Download Manager < 2.8.0 - Directory Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion and Denial of Service

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2020-24146
CVSS	High (8.1)
Publicly Published	April 13, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Suzhou Aurora Infinity Information Technology Co

Description

Directory traversal in the CM Download Manager (aka cm-download-manager) plugin 2.7.0 for WordPress allows authorized users to delete arbitrary files and possibly cause a denial of service via the fileName parameter in a deletescreenshot action.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	cm-download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.8.0
Patched Version	2.8.0

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