File Download <= 1.4 - Open Proxy

8.2
Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
CVE CVE-2015-1000002
CVSS 8.2 (High)
Publicly Published March 27, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Larry W. Cashdollar

Description

The File Download plugin for WordPress has an Open Proxy vulnerability via the 'path' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.4.

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Vulnerability Details for filedownload

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug filedownload (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4
Patched Version
  • 2.0

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