6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-1985
WordPress Download Manager Plugin Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 13, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 11, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-1985 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wpdownloadmanager wordpress_download_manager
2 Wpdownloadmanager download_manager

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-1985 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-1985 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79fcf18e-39f7-42f2-90e4-3a5bac3382e0?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers [No types assigned]
    Removed CWE Wordfence CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2736071%40download-manager&new=2736071%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2736071%40download-manager&new=2736071%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/06/security-vulnerability-download-manager-plugin/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/06/security-vulnerability-download-manager-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1985 No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1985 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wpdownloadmanager:wordpress_download_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 3.2.42
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-1985 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-1985 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.16 }} 0.04%

score

0.52599

percentile

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