CVE-2024-8552

Download Monitor <= 5.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Shop Enable

2024-09-25 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 5.0.10
Affected Plugin: Download Monitor
Affected Version: <= 5.0.9
CVSS: 4.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-8552

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At a glance

CVE-2024-8552 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Download Monitor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.0.9. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 5.0.10; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2024, reported by Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc).

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the enable_shop() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enable shop functionality.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Download Monitor <= 5.0.9 carries this weakness at enable_shop(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Download Monitor the fix is 5.0.10: builds <= 5.0.9 are affected, anything from 5.0.10 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.0.10, 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 Monitor 5.0.10 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-2024-8552 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3acaedff-f616-4b66-9208-f7e6a4df920d https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8552

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CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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