🛡️ CVE-2022-0828 — download-manager

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-338 NVD
7.5
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Description

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.34 uses the uniqid php function to generate the master key for a download, allowing an attacker to brute force the key with reasonable resources giving direct download access regardless of role based restrictions or password protections set for the download.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0828 is classified as CWE-338: Use of Cryptographically Weak PRNG. A general-purpose random number generator is used where a cryptographic one is required.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0828 is recorded against 1 package.

  • download-manager (fixed in 3.2.34)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

wpscan.com
wpscan.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-338
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-04-11
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
download-manager — 3.2.34

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