WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Download Plugin < 2.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Metadata and Comment Download

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.2.1

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
stealthcopter, Brian Sans-Souci (liardom)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-10-22 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-10-22 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-10-23 (about 1 year ago)

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