CVE-2023-6785

Download Manager <= 3.2.84 - Missing Authorization

2024-02-28 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.2.85
Affected Plugin: Download Manager
Affected Version: <= 3.2.84
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
CVE: CVE-2023-6785

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At a glance

CVE-2023-6785 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the Download Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.84. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.2.85; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2024, reported by wesley (wcraft).

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized file download of files added via the plugin in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.84. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download files added with the plugin (even when privately published).

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Reaching this weakness in Download Manager <= 3.2.84 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.

Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. For Download Manager the fix is 3.2.85: builds <= 3.2.84 are affected, anything from 3.2.85 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.2.85, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Download Manager 3.2.85 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6785 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7b3608ca-8ed6-46ff-8e57-d8b68f91b9f2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6785

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7.5CVE-2021-25087: Download Manager <= 3.2.34 Info DisclosureCVE-2021-25087

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CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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