CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-2981

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2022-10-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-10-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-552

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.

Affected configurations

• wpchill download monitor (< 4.5.98)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties weakness

References