Download Plugin < 1.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

5.7
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2021-24703
CVSS 5.7 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 19, 2021
Last Updated August 7, 2023
Researcher apple502j

Description

The Download Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.6.1 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the dpwap_plugin_activate AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscribers, to activate plugins that are already installed.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-plugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.6.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.6.1
Patched Version
  • 1.6.1

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