WP-DownloadManager <= 1.69 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'download_path' Parameter
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 2.7epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 50% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The WP-DownloadManager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.69 via the 'download_path' configuration parameter. This is due to insufficient validation of the download path setting, which allows directory traversal sequences to bypass the WP_CONTENT_DIR prefix check. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to configure the plugin to list and access arbitrary files on the server by exploiting the file browser functionality.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
gamerz · WP-DownloadManagerReferences
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-downloadmanager/commit/416b9f5459496166c0395f9e055d4c4cf872404ahttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-downloadmanager/tags/1.69/download-options.php#L42https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-downloadmanager/trunk/download-options.php#L42https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0bb96da1-9c17-4264-ac29-b5ff8dec745d?source=cve