# CVE-2021-24969: Download Manager < 3.2.22 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated subscribers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized template data, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3366-5rqh-74c5

## What is CVE-2021-24969?

CVE-2021-24969 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Download Manager, published on 27 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.22 does not sanitise and escape Template data before outputting it in various pages (such as admin dashboard and frontend). Due to the lack of authorisation and CSRF checks in the wpdm_save_template AJAX action, any authenticated users such as subscriber is able to call it and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24969?

It affects 1 product.


Products: W3eden Download Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24969?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24969 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WordPress Download Manager

- [CVE-2022-2436](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2436/): Download Manager <= 3.2.49 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHAR Deserialization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-25069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25069/): WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.34 - Authenticated SQL Injection to Reflected XSS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2014-9260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9260/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-2431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2431/): Download Manager <= 3.2.50 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-2098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2098/): Download Manager <= 3.2.89 - Improper Authorization via protectMediaLibrary (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24969 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24969 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WordPress Download Manager, published on 27 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown WordPress Download Manager. 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-2021-24969/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24969/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24969
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24969
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24969

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24969/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.