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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-4972

Download Monitor plugin for WordPress REST-API Routes Vulnerability

Published Oct 15, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2024 · WPChill Download Monitor plugin for WordPress

Patch now

CVE-2022-4972 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WPChill Download Monitor plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.47%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated Download Monitor plugin for WordPress · vendor WPChill Download Monitor plugin for WordPress

The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several REST-API routes related to reporting in versions up to, and including, 4.7.51. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view user data and other sensitive information intended for administrators.

Are you affected?

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  • stated Download Monitor plugin for WordPress<= 4.7.51
  • vendor WPChill Download Monitor plugin for WordPressversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-4972

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-4972 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WPChill Download Monitor plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Download Monitor plugin for WordPress <= 4.7.51. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.47%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several REST-API routes related to reporting in versions up to, and including, 4.7.51. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view user data and other sensitive information intended for administrators.

  2. Oct 15, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-4972

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-4972

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-4972

    The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several REST-API routes related to reporting in versions up to, and including, 4.7.51. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view user data and o

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.