Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.49 on WordPress file[package_dir] deserialization

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.49 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation of the argument file[package_dir] leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-2436. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.49 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument file[package_dir] with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'file[package_dir]' parameter in versions up to, and including 3.2.49. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor privileges and above to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.

The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2022. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-2436 since 07/15/2022. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• 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
• 3.2.44
• 3.2.45
• 3.2.46
• 3.2.47
• 3.2.48
• 3.2.49

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