CVE-2022-2436 (GCVE-0-2022-2436)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 17:18 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:19
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| codename065 | Download Manager |
Affected:
* , ≤ 3.2.49
(semver)
|
Credits
Rasoul Jahanshahi
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