Description

WordPress Plugin Download Manager is prone to a deserialization vulnerability. Attackers can possibly exploit this issue to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions, granted a POP chain is also present. WordPress Plugin Download Manager version 3.2.49 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.2.50 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2436

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-2436 CWE-502 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update