What is CVE-2024-1231?

CVE-2024-1231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Cm Download Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-1231?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-1231 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Cminds Cm Download Manager

CVE-2024-1231

The CM Download Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not have CSRF checks in some places, which could allow attackers to make logged in admins unpublish downloads via a CSRF attack

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2024-03-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cminds Cm Download Manager
Cm Download Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7d3968d9-61ed-4c00-8764-0360cf03255e/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-1231?: CVE-2024-1231 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cminds Cm Download Manager, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-1231?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-1231 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.