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WordPress Plugin: download-monitor: CVE-2022-2981: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Sep 19, 2022

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 5, 2026

Description

The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads due to not verifying that downloaded files reside within the blog directory in versions up to, and including, 4.5.97. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to download arbitrary files on the affected site's server.

Solution

download-monitor-plugin-cve-2022-2981

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2981
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6aa0dfdf-95b0-48a2-8281-1872b99b87d6?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35202
CVE-2022-2981
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-2981
CWE-552
EUVD-EUVD-2022-35202

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