CVE-2024-9829 (GCVE-0-2024-9829)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-23 05:35
Modified
2026-04-08 17:28
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Summary
The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability checks on the 'dpwap_handle_download_user' and 'dpwap_handle_download_comment' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download any comment, and download metadata for any user including user PII and sensitive information including username, email, hashed passwords and application passwords, session token information and more depending on set up and additional plugins installed.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metagauss | Download Plugin |
Version: 0 ≤ 2.2.0 |
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