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Simple Download Monitor, CVE-2021-24693

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2021-24693

Published on
Nov 08, 2021
Research Description
The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the "File Thumbnail" post meta before outputting it in some pages, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Given the that XSS is triggered even when the Download is in a review state, contributor could make JavaScript code execute in a context of a reviewer such as admin and make them create a rogue admin account, or install a malicious plugin
Affected versions
Min -, max 3.9.11.
Status
vulnerable