Download Plugin <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Metadata and Comment Download

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-9829
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published October 22, 2024
Last Updated October 23, 2024
Researcher stealthcopter, Brian Sans-Souci (liardom)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-plugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.0
Patched Version
  • 2.2.1
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