Download Monitor <= 4.5.97 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Download
CVE-2022-2981Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.5.97Update to 4.5.98 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.8
- CVSS
- 6.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Download Monitor download-monitor
- Affected≤ 4.5.97
- Patched in4.5.98
Update to 4.5.98 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.5.97. Version 4.5.98 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Download Monitor.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.5.98, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Download Monitor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Raad Haddad.
The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads due to not verifying that downloaded files reside within the blog directory in versions up to, and including, 4.5.97. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to download arbitrary files on the affected site's server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| Low2.7 | Missing Authorization <5.3.5Update to 5.3.5 | CVE-2026-112219 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.3.3Update to 5.3.4 | CVE-2026-112207 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.3.3Update to 5.3.4 | CVE-2026-110375 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor ≤5.2.10Update to 5.2.11 | CVE-2026-100182 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤5.2.5Update to 5.2.6 | CVE-2026-16608 |
- Low2.7Missing Authorization
<5.3.5Update to 5.3.5
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.3.3Update to 5.3.4
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.3.3Update to 5.3.4
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor
≤5.2.10Update to 5.2.11
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤5.2.5Update to 5.2.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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