CVE-2024-9829

Description

The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability checks on the 'dpwap_handle_download_user' and 'dpwap_handle_download_comment' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download any comment, and download metadata for any user including user PII and sensitive information including username, email, hashed passwords and application passwords, session token information and more depending on set up and additional plugins installed.

Reserved 2024-10-10 | Published 2024-10-23 | Updated 2024-10-23 | Assigner Wordfence

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

*
affected

Timeline

2024-10-22:

Disclosed

Credits

Matthew Rollings finder

Brian Sans-Souci finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-e4b3-4dcf-8ee0-e20abeb91640?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ugin/trunk/download-plugin.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ugin/trunk/download-plugin.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ugin/trunk/download-plugin.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3170600/

cve.org (CVE-2024-9829)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-9829)

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