CVE-2023-1809

Download Manager Pro <= 6.2.9 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

2023-04-10 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 6.3.0
Affected Plugin: Download Manager Pro
Affected Version: 4.0 – < 6.3.0
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2023-1809

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At a glance

CVE-2023-1809 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Download Manager Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions 4.0 – < 6.3.0. 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 6.3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2023, reported by Johan Kragt.

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Manager Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 6.2.9 due to the plugin leaking the master key. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the key and extract sensitive data contained in password protected package 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.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Download Manager Pro 4.0 – < 6.3.0 takes no account at all. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Download Manager Pro the fix is 6.3.0: builds 4.0 – < 6.3.0 are affected, anything from 6.3.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 6.3.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Download Manager Pro 6.3.0 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-2023-1809 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/88d80702-a987-4b12-a003-2fa564fda409 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1809

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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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