Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-1524

Description

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.

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Affected products

WordPress/Download Managerllm-fuzzy2 versions
<3.2.71+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <3.2.71
- (no CPE)range: 0
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager

Patches

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References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/3802d15d-9bfd-4762-ab8a-04475451868envdExploitThird Party Advisory

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