CVE-2024-9829

Download Plugin <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Metadata and Comment Download

2024-10-22 00:00
stealthcopter

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.2.1
Affected Plugin
Download Plugin
Affected Version
<= 2.2.0
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-9829
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At a glance

CVE-2024-9829 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Download Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.2.0. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.2.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2024, reported by stealthcopter.

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability checks on the 'dpwap_handle_download_user' and 'dpwap_handle_download_comment' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download any comment, and download metadata for any user including user PII and sensitive information including username, email, hashed passwords and application passwords, session token information and more depending on set up and additional plugins installed.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Download Plugin <= 2.2.0 carries this weakness at dpwap_handle_download_user, 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 Plugin the fix is 2.2.1: builds <= 2.2.0 are affected, anything from 2.2.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.2.1, 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 Plugin 2.2.1 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-2024-9829https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0891211-e4b3-4dcf-8ee0-e20abeb91640https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9829

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