Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
Download Plugin <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Metadata and Comment Download
CVE-2024-9829
Description
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.
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References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3170600/mitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0891211-e4b3-4dcf-8ee0-e20abeb91640mitre
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