CVE-2021-25087 Wordpress Download Manager < 3.2.25 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive data like passwords and keys via unprotected REST API endpoints in the Download Manager plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25087?
CVE-2021-25087 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Download Manager, published on 7 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.35 does not have any authorisation checks in some of the REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to call them, which could lead to sensitive information disclosure, such as posts passwords (fixed in 3.2.24) and files Master Keys (fixed in 3.2.25).
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25087?
It affects 1 product.
Products include W3eden Download Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25087?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25087 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-25087 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25087 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Download Manager
- CVE-2022-2436 Download Manager <= 3.2.49 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHAR Deserialization
- CVE-2021-25069 WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.34 - Authenticated SQL Injection to Reflected XSS
- CVE-2014-9260 Missing authorization in n/a
- CVE-2022-2431 Download Manager <= 3.2.50 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion
- CVE-2024-2098 Download Manager <= 3.2.89 - Improper Authorization via protectMediaLibrary
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hc7r-q2m2-f836.