{"id":"CVE-2022-2981","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-2981","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:56.227Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2022-10-10T21:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:42:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-552"],"affected":["wpchill/download monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.01088,"percentile":0.65098,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30ce32ce-161c-4388-8d22-751350b7b305","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2981","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}