CVE-2024-10399 Download Monitor <= 5.0.13 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
Authenticated attackers can obtain usernames and emails of site users due to a missing capability check in the Download Monitor WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10399?
CVE-2024-10399 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill Download Monitor, published on 30 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_search_users function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to obtain usernames and emails of site users.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10399?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10399?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10399 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-2024-10399 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10399 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6m3x-62wr-26px.