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

> Authenticated subscribers can enable shop functionality in the Download Monitor WordPress plugin due to a missing capability check.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 26 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8g3g-h53q-cf7j

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8552?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34007/): WordPress Download Monitor Plugin <= 4.8.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-30501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30501/): WordPress Download Monitor theme <= 4.9.4 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2022-4972](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4972/): Download Monitor <= 4.7.51 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Export (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-24786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24786/): Download Monitor < 4.4.5 - Admin+ SQL Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2021-31567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31567/): WordPress Download Monitor plugin <= 4.4.6 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Download vulnerability (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8552 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: wpchill Download Monitor. 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-2024-8552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8552/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8552
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8552
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8552

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8552/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.