Medium severity · published Aug 16, 2024
CVE-2024-7501
Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard <= 1.8.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
4.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the download_theme() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary themes from the website via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. In versions prior to 1.8.6 it was possible to download the entire sites files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DP
Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard · wpcodefactory
through 1.8.7 · source: vendor
Affected product
DP
Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard
wpcodefactory
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7501
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7501
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3136231/download-plugins-dashboard/tags/1.8.8/includes/class-alg-download-plugins-core.php
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dcbfcaeb-2635-4b11-b426-ee04345d5f36?source=cve
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