Download Manager <= 3.2.82 - Password Protected File Bypass
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.2.83
- Affected Plugin
- Download Manager
- Affected Version
<= 3.2.82- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-32131
At a glance
CVE-2024-32131 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization vulnerability in the Download Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.82. 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 3.2.83; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Liu Shaohong.
Vulnerability Overview
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.82. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass password protected file restrictions
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-285: Improper Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Download Manager <= 3.2.82 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper authorization means a permission check exists but does not cover the case being exercised, so a caller who is allowed to do one thing is allowed to do a neighbouring thing as well.
A lower-privileged account performs an action reserved for a higher one, which on a multi-author or membership site means an ordinary user reaching administrative behaviour. For Download Manager the fix is 3.2.83: builds <= 3.2.82 are affected, anything from 3.2.83 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.2.83, 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 Manager 3.2.83 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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External References
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