PT-2019-7255 · WordPress · Download Monitor

Published 2019-08-13 · Updated 2019-08-16 · CVE-2015-9296

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions download-monitor plugin versions prior to 1.7.1

Description The issue is related to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It affects the add query arg function. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.1, update to version 1.7.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the add query arg function until the update is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-9296

Affected Products

Download Monitor

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9296 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/6100 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9296 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/#developers · Note