PT-2021-16387 · Unknown · Wordpress Download Manager

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2021-12-27 · Updated 2022-01-06 · CVE-2021-24969

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WordPress Download Manager versions prior to 3.2.22

Description: The issue concerns the lack of sanitization and escaping of Template data, which is then outputted in various pages, including the admin dashboard and frontend. Additionally, the wpdm save template AJAX action lacks authorization and CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to call it and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations: For WordPress Download Manager versions prior to 3.2.22, update to version 3.2.22 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24969

Affected Products

Wordpress Download Manager

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/01144c50-54ca-44d9-9ce8-bf4f659114ee · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24969 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24969 · Vendor Advisory