CVE-2022-2981

MEDIUM

WordPress Download Monitor <4.5.98 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 53.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-552
Status published
Products (1)
wpchill/download_monitor < 4.5.98
Published Oct 10, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026