CVE-2024-8552: Download Monitor <= 5.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Shop Enable

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the enable_shop() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enable shop functionality.

Affected products

wpchill Download Monitor: before 5.0.10 — fixed in 5.0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpchill Download Monitor 5.0.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-monitor/tags/5.0.8/src/AjaxHandler.php#L317
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3157424/#file17
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3acaedff-f616-4b66-9208-f7e6a4df920d?source=cve

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