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    CVE-2022-2981

    The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.98 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitive, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download the wp-config.php or /etc/passwd even in an hardened environment or multisite setup.

    Published:Oct 10, 2022
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 10, 2022
    EPSS Score:0.00309
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wpchill
    Product
    Download Monitor

    Exploits

    https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-150 Collect Data from Common Resource Locations
    CAPEC-639 Probe System Files

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2022-4972 (CVSS 7.5) — The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability ch…
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High