CVE-2022-2981

4.9 mediumEPSS 1.1%

Medium (4.9) in wpchill download monitor. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.98 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitive, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download the wp-config.php or /etc/passwd even in an hardened environment or multisite setup.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

4.9 medium

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

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-552
Published: 2022-10-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

wpchill:download_monitor

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305

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