CVE-2024-2098

Download Manager <= 3.2.89 - Improper Authorization via protectMediaLibrary

2024-06-12 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.2.90
Affected Plugin: Download Manager
Affected Version: <= 3.2.89
CVSS: 7.5High
Weakness type: CWE-289 · Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
CVE: CVE-2024-2098

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At a glance

CVE-2024-2098 is a high-severity Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in the Download Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.89. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.2.90; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2024, reported by m1tz.

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an improper authorization check on the 'protectMediaLibrary' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.89. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download password-protected files.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-289: Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name

Download Manager <= 3.2.89 carries this weakness at protectMediaLibrary, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Authentication bypass by alternate name means access checks are performed against one form of an identifier while the sensitive operation uses another, so a differently spelled value slips through.

Registering or supplying a variant spelling of a privileged account's identifier is enough to be treated as that account. For Download Manager the fix is 3.2.90: builds <= 3.2.89 are affected, anything from 3.2.90 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.2.90, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Download Manager 3.2.90 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2098 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1301c8af-d81a-40f1-96fa-e8252309d8a4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2098

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Download Manager

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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