Download Manager <= 3.2.49 - IP Blocking Bypass

5.3
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CVE CVE-2022-2362
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 1, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Raad Haddad

Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Blocking Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.49 due to the way the visitor's IP address is determined. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to spoof their IP address to obtain access to files that are protected by this functionality.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.2.50, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.49
Patched Version
  • 3.2.50

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