CVE-2022-2981

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-2981
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-10 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-12 18:44:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.98 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitive, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download the wp-config.php or /etc/passwd even in an hardened environment or multisite setup.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-552

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wpchill Download Monitor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Download Monitor < 4.5.98 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Download WordPress Security Vulnerability MISC wpscan.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Raad Haddad of Cloudyrion GmbH

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