Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-2098 is a high-severity Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name (CWE-289) vulnerability in W3Eden Download Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-25 (Reference Monitor) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-27062
Vulnerability Data
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an improper authorization check on the 'protectMediaLibrary' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.89. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download…
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password-protected files.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 8 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
V8.3.3V10.3.2V6.4.3
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 directly requires correct enforcement of authorization decisions on every access request, structurally preventing incorrect checks.
Requiring unique identification and authentication of users forces the system to resolve all name variants to a single identity before access is granted.
AC-24 ensures access-control decisions are made and applied consistently, reducing the chance of an incorrect authorization result.
A reference monitor that is always invoked and tamper-proof forces every authorization decision through a verified, correct path.
Identifier management directly requires authorization and uniqueness checks that eliminate alternate-name aliases for the same actor or resource.
Least-privilege assignments shrink the set of authorizations that must be checked correctly, limiting exposure to flawed checks.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Proper identity management reduces alternate-name collisions but does not guarantee canonicalization inside the auth decision.
Strong authentication mechanisms directly prevent name-based bypass when they enforce canonical name checks.
Authorization policy enforcement assumes correct identity; the weakness occurs before policy is applied.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.5.15 only requires defining and documenting an access control policy plus requirements; it does not itself enforce rules or stop alternate-name authentication bypasses from being exploitable.
A.5.16 manages the lifecycle, uniqueness, and accountability of identities; it has no bearing on a product that authenticates by name but fails to canonicalize or check alternate names for the same resource/actor, so the weakness remains present and exploitable.
Proper management of authentication credentials can include rules against duplicate or alias identities.
A.5.18 governs the provisioning, review, and revocation of already-granted access rights to authenticated identities; it does not address or stop the distinct flaw in which authentication logic accepts an alternate name that bypasses the check.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (higher-evidence rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
- V-248538 OL 8 operating systems booted with United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) must have a unique name for the grub superusers account when booting into single-user mode and maintenance. blocks CWE-289
RHEL 7 (1 rule)
- V-244558 Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems version 7.2 or newer booted with United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) must have a unique name for the grub superusers account when booting into single-user mode and maintenance. blocks CWE-289