# CVE-2024-7848: User Private Files <= 2.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Private File Access

> Authenticated subscribers can access other users' private files due to missing validation on document IDs in the User Private Files plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pcr4-qppj-9v45

## What is CVE-2024-7848?

CVE-2024-7848 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in deepakkite File Sharing & Download Manager – User Private Files, published on 22 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The User Private Files – WordPress File Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 via the 'dpk_upvf_update_doc' due to missing validation on the 'docid' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to gain access to other user's private files.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mediajedi User Private Files.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in deepakkite File Sharing & Download Manager – User Private Files

- [CVE-2022-2356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2356/): User Private Files < 1.1.3 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Upload (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7848 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in deepakkite File Sharing & Download Manager – User Private Files, published on 22 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: deepakkite File Sharing & Download Manager – User Private Files. 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-2024-7848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.