FKIE_CVE-2023-1524

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-05-30 08:15 - Updated: 2025-03-21 19:19
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3802d15d-9bfd-4762-ab8a-04475451868eExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3802d15d-9bfd-4762-ab8a-04475451868eExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
w3eden download_manager *
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