CVE-2024-9829 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0891211-e4b3-4dcf-8ee0-e20abeb91640?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L262 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L335 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L242 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3170600/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5