Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-2981
CVE-2022-2981
Description
The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.98 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitive, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download the wp-config.php or /etc/passwd even in an hardened environment or multisite setup.
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Affected products
2(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <4.5.98
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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