CVE-2024-8552 Download Monitor <= 5.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Shop Enable

What is CVE-2024-8552?

CVE-2024-8552 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill Download Monitor, published on 26 Sep 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 enable_shop() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enable shop functionality.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8552?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpchill Download Monitor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8552 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-2024-8552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in wpchill Download Monitor

• CVE-2023-34007 WordPress Download Monitor Plugin <= 4.8.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload Critical 9.9
• CVE-2024-30501 WordPress Download Monitor theme <= 4.9.4 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability High 7.6
• CVE-2022-4972 Download Monitor <= 4.7.51 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Export High 7.5
• CVE-2021-24786 Download Monitor < 4.4.5 - Admin+ SQL Injection High 7.2
• CVE-2021-31567 WordPress Download Monitor plugin <= 4.4.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Download vulnerability Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8g3g-h53q-cf7j.