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CVE-2021-23174

LOW
Published 2022-01-28T19:09:52.936Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
3.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.027
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 2.7% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.852
Higher than 85.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

Description

Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6) Vulnerable parameters: &post_title, &downloadable_file_version[0].

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

WPChill

Download Monitor

Affected Versions:

n/a

WordPress Vulnerability

Identified and analyzed by Wordfence

Software Type

Plugin

Patch Status

Patched

Published

October 29, 2021

Software Details

Software Name

Download Monitor

Software Slug

download-monitor

Affected Versions

* - 4.4.6

Patched Versions

4.4.7

Remediation

Update to version 4.4.7, or a newer patched version

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/748d01ca-9dd5-4d03-88e7-e80932744fdc?source=api-prod

© Defiant Inc. Data provided by Wordfence.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

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GHSA-2523-v9j2-g44c

Advisory Details

Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6) Vulnerable parameters: &post_title, &downloadable_file_version[0].

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23174
WEB https://github.com/WPChill/download-monitor/blob/master/changelog.txt
WEB https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/download-monitor/wordpress-download-monitor-plugin-4-4-6-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
WEB https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/download-monitor/wordpress-download-monitor-plugin-4-4-6-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
WEB https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/#developers

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 29, 2022, Modified: February 13, 2023

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/download-monitor/wordpress-download-monitor-plugin-4-4-6-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Published: 2022-01-28T19:09:52.936Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-20T20:32:18.863Z
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