Download Plugin < 1.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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

CVE	CVE-2021-24703
CVSS	Medium (5.7)
Publicly Published	October 19, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	apple502j

Description

The Download Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.6.1 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the dpwap_plugin_activate AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscribers, to activate plugins that are already installed.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	download-plugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.6.1
Patched Version	1.6.1

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