Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.43 on WordPress History Dashboard cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.43 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component History Dashboard. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-2168. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.43 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component History Dashboard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.44 does not escape a generated URL before outputting it back in an attribute of the history dashboard, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The weakness was published 07/17/2022. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-2168 since 06/22/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.2.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Download Manager Plugin

Version

• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.5
• 3.2.6
• 3.2.7
• 3.2.8
• 3.2.9
• 3.2.10
• 3.2.11
• 3.2.12
• 3.2.13
• 3.2.14
• 3.2.15
• 3.2.16
• 3.2.17
• 3.2.18
• 3.2.19
• 3.2.20
• 3.2.21
• 3.2.22
• 3.2.23
• 3.2.24
• 3.2.25
• 3.2.26
• 3.2.27
• 3.2.28
• 3.2.29
• 3.2.30
• 3.2.31
• 3.2.32
• 3.2.33
• 3.2.34
• 3.2.35
• 3.2.36
• 3.2.37
• 3.2.38
• 3.2.39
• 3.2.40
• 3.2.41
• 3.2.42
• 3.2.43

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