CVE-2022-2926 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.55 does not validate one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to list and read arbitrary files and folders outside of the blog directory

Published: 2022-09-26

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Download Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.2.55`	affected	< 3.2.55

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:download_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35150	The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.55 does not validate one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to list and read arbitrary files and folders outside of the blog directory

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02741.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2a440e1a-a7e4-4106-839a-d93895e16785

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Adobe Download Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-09-26T12:35:35.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T16:23:31.411Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2926

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:52:59.919Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T13:15:10.577

Modified: 2025-05-21T17:15:53.663

Link: CVE-2022-2926

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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