# CVE-2021-24696: Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.9 - Multiple CSRF

> Attackers can trick admins into performing unauthorized actions like deleting logs or removing thumbnails via CSRF in the Simple Download Monitor plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-58fg-5cpg-7jjv

## What is CVE-2021-24696?

CVE-2021-24696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Simple Download Monitor, published on 24 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.9 does not enforce nonce checks, which could allow attackers to perform CSRF attacks to 1) make admins export logs to exploit a separate log disclosure vulnerability (fixed in 3.9.6), 2) delete logs (fixed in 3.9.9), 3) remove thumbnail image from downloads

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24696?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tipsandtricks-Hq Simple Download Monitor.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Download Monitor

- [CVE-2021-24693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24693/): Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Thumbnail (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2020-5651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5651/): SQL injection in Simple Download Monitor (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24695/): Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.6 - Unauthenticated Log Access (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-24692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24692/): Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Contributor+ Arbitrary File Download via Path Traversal (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-24697](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24697/): Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24696 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24696 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Simple Download Monitor, published on 24 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Simple Download Monitor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24696/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24696/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24696
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24696
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24696

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24696/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.