What is CVE-2021-24692?

CVE-2021-24692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tipsandtricks-Hq Simple Download Monitor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-24692?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24692 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Tipsandtricks-Hq Simple Download Monitor

CVE-2021-24692

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to download any file on the web server (such as wp-config.php) via a path traversal vector.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.013 (68.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Tipsandtricks-hq Simple_download_monitor
Unknown Simple Download Monitor — versions 3.9.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24692?: CVE-2021-24692 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tipsandtricks-Hq Simple Download Monitor, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-24692?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24692 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.