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WordPress Plugin: cm-download-manager: CVE-2020-24146: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Published

Apr 13, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

Directory traversal in the CM Download Manager (aka cm-download-manager) plugin 2.7.0 for WordPress allows authorized users to delete arbitrary files and possibly cause a denial of service via the fileName parameter in a deletescreenshot action.

Solution

cm-download-manager-plugin-cve-2020-24146

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24146
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c866b3b7-50cf-41a5-bdc2-60384b15df79?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-16882
CVE-2020-24146
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-24146
CWE-22
EUVD-EUVD-2020-16882

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