CVE-2021-24692

Simple Download Monitor <= 3.9.4 - Contributor+ Arbitrary File Download

mediumImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

6.5

CVSS Score

6.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.9.5

Patched in

873d

Time to patch

Description

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to download any file on the web server (such as wp-config.php) via a path traversal vector.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.9.5

PublishedSeptember 2, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginsimple-download-monitor

Source Code

WordPress.org SVN

Vulnerable v3.2.8

Browse source Download .zip

Patched

Patched version not available.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79545b24-b325-486b-b34f-87bba14b8cd4?source=api-prod

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