CVE-2022-2222 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-2222

Download Monitor < 4.5.91 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Download

Vulnerability Description

The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.91 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Thiago Martins
  • Jorge Buzeti
  • Leandro Inacio
  • Lucas de Souza
  • Matheus Oliveira
  • Filipe Baptistella
  • Leonardo Paiva
  • Jose Thomaz
  • Joao Maciel
  • Vinicius Pereira
  • Geovanni Campos
  • Hudson Nowak
  • Guilherme Acerbi

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Download Monitor
Vulnerable Versions:
4.5.91

Timeline

Official Publish: July 17th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)