Download Manager <= 2.8.7 - Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published January 19, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher James Golovich
Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This is due to unchecked use of the extract() function which makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to edit user metadata, including their role.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8.8
Patched Version
  • 2.8.8
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