Description

WordPress Plugin WordPress Download Manager is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow a remote attacker to perform certain administrative actions and gain unauthorized access to the affected application; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin WordPress Download Manager version 2.9.60 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.9.61 or latest

References

http://pvagenas.com/vulnerabilities/wordpress-download-manager-csrf/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43487/

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145813/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.60-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/download-manager/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CSRF