PT-2018-6624
CVE-2017-18032
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Published
2018-01-16
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Updated
2025-03-21
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.1
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
WordPress download-manager plugin versions prior to 2.9.52
Description:
The issue concerns a security problem where an attacker can exploit the
id parameter in a wpdm generate password action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php API endpoint, leading to a potential XSS attack.Recommendations:
For versions prior to 2.9.52, update the download-manager plugin to version 2.9.52 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the
wp-admin/admin-ajax.php API endpoint or avoiding the use of the id parameter in the wpdm generate password action until the update is applied.Exploitability
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