Download Manager up to 2.9.49 on WordPress cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Download Manager up to 2.9.49 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-2216. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Download Manager up to 2.9.49 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress Download Manager prior to version 2.9.50 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/13/2017. The weakness was presented 07/07/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jvn.jp. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2216 since 12/01/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 24 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.9.50 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-103324 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Download Manager

Version

• 2.9.0
• 2.9.1
• 2.9.2
• 2.9.3
• 2.9.4
• 2.9.5
• 2.9.6
• 2.9.7
• 2.9.8
• 2.9.9
• 2.9.10
• 2.9.11
• 2.9.12
• 2.9.13
• 2.9.14
• 2.9.15
• 2.9.16
• 2.9.17
• 2.9.18
• 2.9.19
• 2.9.20
• 2.9.21
• 2.9.22
• 2.9.23
• 2.9.24
• 2.9.25
• 2.9.26
• 2.9.27
• 2.9.28
• 2.9.29
• 2.9.30
• 2.9.31
• 2.9.32
• 2.9.33
• 2.9.34
• 2.9.35
• 2.9.36
• 2.9.37
• 2.9.38
• 2.9.39
• 2.9.40
• 2.9.41
• 2.9.42
• 2.9.43
• 2.9.44
• 2.9.45
• 2.9.46
• 2.9.47
• 2.9.48
• 2.9.49

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