CVE-2022-2981 Download Monitor < 4.5.98 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Download
Administrators can download sensitive files like wp-config.php or /etc/passwd due to missing path validation in the Download Monitor plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-2981?
CVE-2022-2981 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Download Monitor, published on 10 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-552
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2981?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpchill Download Monitor.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2981?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-2981 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2981 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Download Monitor
- CVE-2023-34007 WordPress Download Monitor Plugin <= 4.8.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2024-30501 WordPress Download Monitor theme <= 4.9.4 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2022-4972 Download Monitor <= 4.7.51 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Export
- CVE-2021-24786 Download Monitor < 4.4.5 - Admin+ SQL Injection
- CVE-2021-31567 WordPress Download Monitor plugin <= 4.4.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Download vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2739-p2pg-h53m.