XSS in W3eden Download Manager

CVE-2022-2362

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.50 prioritizes getting a visitor's IP from certain HTTP headers over PHP's REMOTE_ADDR, which makes it possible to bypass IP-based download blocking restrictions.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-2362: held from 0.011 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2362?
CVE-2022-2362 is a high-severity vulnerability in W3eden Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-2362?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2362 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.