PT-2024-39090 · WordPress · Download Monitor

Trương Hữu Phúc · Published 2024-09-25 · Updated 2024-10-02 · CVE-2024-8552

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Download Monitor plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.0.9

Description: The issue allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to modify data without authorization due to a missing capability check on the enable shop() function. This enables them to enable shop functionality.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 5.0.9, update to a version higher than 5.0.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the enable shop() function until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8552

Affected Products

Download Monitor

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8552 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157424/#file17 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96827 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3acaedff-f616-4b66-9208-f7e6a4df920d?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/96074 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1839185040090993066 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-monitor/tags/5.0.8/src/AjaxHandler.php#L317 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/6364 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1839130732960375276 · Twitter Post