Path Traversal in Adobe Download Manager

CVE-2022-2926

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.55 does not validate one of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to list and read arbitrary files and folders outside of the blog directory

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2926?
CVE-2022-2926 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Download Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-2926?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2926 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.