CVE-2022-2981 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-2981

Download Monitor < 4.5.98 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Download

Vulnerability 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.

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:

  • Raad Haddad of Cloudyrion GmbH

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Download Monitor
Vulnerable Versions:
4.5.98

Timeline

Official Publish: October 10th, 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)

CWE-552

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1083 File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration
T1565 Data Manipulation
Impact