Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.70 on WordPress File access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.70 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-1524. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Download Manager Plugin up to 3.2.70 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.71 does not adequately validate passwords for password-protected files. Upon validation, a master key is generated and exposed to the user, which may be used to download any password-protected file on the server, allowing a user to download any file with the knowledge of any one file's password.

The weakness was shared 05/30/2023. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-1524 since 03/20/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.2.71 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 3.2.50
• 3.2.51
• 3.2.52
• 3.2.53
• 3.2.54
• 3.2.55
• 3.2.56
• 3.2.57
• 3.2.58
• 3.2.59
• 3.2.60
• 3.2.61
• 3.2.62
• 3.2.63
• 3.2.64
• 3.2.65
• 3.2.66
• 3.2.67
• 3.2.68
• 3.2.69
• 3.2.70

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