WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Download Manager < 3.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Media File Protection Removal

Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `makeMediaPublic()` and `makeMediaPrivate()` functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.51. This is due to the functions only checking for `edit_posts` capability without verifying post ownership via `current_user_can('edit_post', $id)`, and the destructive operations executing before the admin-level check in `mediaAccessControl()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to strip all protection metadata (password, access restrictions, private flag) from any media file they do not own, making admin-protected files publicly accessible via their direct URL.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 3.3.52

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Or Benit
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-04-09 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-04-09 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-04-10 (about 1 month ago)

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