Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 - 3.3.4 - Improper Authorization to Paywall Bypass

Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-9654
CVSS Low (3.7)
Publicly Published December 16, 2024
Last Updated December 17, 2024
Researcher Arkadiusz Hydzik
Description

The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in versions 3.1 through 3.3.4. This is due to a lack of sufficient validation checks within the 'verify_guest_email' function to ensure the requesting user is the intended recipient of the purchase receipt. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass intended security restrictions and view the receipts of other users, which contains a link to download paid content. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of another customers email address as well as the file ID of the content they purchased.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug easy-digital-downloads (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 3.1 - 3.3.4
Patched Version
  • 3.3.5
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