Name: CVE-2022-2362: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-2362, CWE-79, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01185

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.50 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based download blocking restrictions.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Download Manager Plugin	—	Update download-manager plugin to version 3.2.50, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Aug 1, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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