CVE-2023-1524 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.71 does not adequately validate passwords for password-protected files. Upon validation, a master key is generated and exposed to the user, which may be used to download any password-protected file on the server, allowing a user to download any file with the knowledge of any one file's password.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00183.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
W3eden	Download Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:w3eden:download_manager:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-23768	The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.71 does not adequately validate passwords for password-protected files. Upon validation, a master key is generated and exposed to the user, which may be used to download any password-protected file on the server, allowing a user to download any file with the knowledge of any one file's password.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3802d15d-9bfd-4762-ab8a-04475451868e

History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		W3eden W3eden download Manager
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:wpdownloadmanager:download_manager::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:w3eden:download_manager:::::free:wordpress::
Vendors & Products	Wpdownloadmanager Wpdownloadmanager download Manager	W3eden W3eden download Manager

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-30T07:49:11.466Z

Updated: 2025-01-10T21:06:40.440Z

Reserved: 2023-03-20T19:21:06.883Z

Link: CVE-2023-1524

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:11.694Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-05-30T08:15:09.657

Modified: 2025-03-21T19:19:25.770

Link: CVE-2023-1524

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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