CVE-2022-2436
Download Manager <= 3.2.49 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHAR Deserialization
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Sep 6, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 15, 2022
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'file[package_dir]' parameter in versions up to, and including 3.2.49. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor privileges and above to call files using a PHAR wrapper that will deserialize the data and call arbitrary PHP Objects that can be used to perform a variety of malicious actions granted a POP chain is also present. It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Download Managercodename065 |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/471957f6-54c1-4268-b2e1-8efa391dcaec?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/Admin/Menu/Packages.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2761422%40download-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FAdmin%2FMenu%2FPackages.php&new=2761422%40download-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FAdmin%2FMenu%2FPackages.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2436
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