Medium severity · published Jun 13, 2022
CVE-2022-1985
Download Manager <= 3.2.42 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Download Manager Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 3.2.42. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'frameid' parameter found in the ~/src/Package/views/shortcode-iframe.php file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DM
Download Manager · codename065
through 3.2.42 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1985
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1985
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2736071%40download-manager&new=2736071%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers
Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/06/security-vulnerability-download-manager-plugin/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79fcf18e-39f7-42f2-90e4-3a5bac3382e0?source=cve
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1985
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