# CVE-2024-9654: Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 - 3.3.4 - Improper Authorization to Paywall Bypass

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass paywalls to view other users' receipts and download paid content if they know the victim's email and file ID.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gjwh-w899-jxqg

## What is CVE-2024-9654?

CVE-2024-9654 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in versions 3.1 through 3.3.4. This is due to a lack of sufficient validation checks within the 'verify_guest_email' function to ensure the requesting user is the intended recipient of the purchase receipt. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass intended security restrictions and view the receipts of other users, which contains a link to download paid content. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of another customers email address as well as the file ID of the content they purchased.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9654?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9654?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads

- [CVE-2023-30869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30869/): WordPress Easy Digital Downloads Plugin 3.1-3.1.1.4.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3600](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3600/): Easy Digital Downloads < 3.1.0.2 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-9324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9324/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5057/): WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.2.12 - SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2022-2439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2439/): Deserialization in Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9654 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9654 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, published on 17 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads. 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-2024-9654/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9654/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9654
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9654
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9654

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9654/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.