Download Monitor <= 1.6.3 - Directory Listing to Information Disclosure

2015-03-08 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.6.4
Affected Plugin: Download Monitor
Affected Version: <= 1.6.3
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE pending

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At a glance

This record tracks a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Download Monitor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.3. 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 1.6.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2015, reported by Evex.

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.6.3 via the 'dir' parameter. This can allow authenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including directories and otherwise restricted server-side filenames.

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

Download Monitor <= 1.6.3 carries this weakness at dir, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 Monitor the fix is 1.6.4: builds <= 1.6.3 are affected, anything from 1.6.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.6.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Download Monitor 1.6.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f71ab7bb-886a-4661-92b5-d9ac52901494

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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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