CVE-2023-1524
Published: 30 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-1524 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in W3Eden Download Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 35.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-23768
Vulnerability details
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…
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a user to download any file with the knowledge of any one file's password.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.