Download Monitor <= 4.8.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery

5.5
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE CVE-2023-31219
CVSS 5.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 30, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Mika

Description

The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.8.1 via the trigger() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-monitor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.8.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.8.1
Patched Version
  • 4.8.2

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