Download Monitor <= 5.0.12 - Missing Authorization to API Key Manipulation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_handle_api_key_actions function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to revoke existing API keys and generate new ones.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10092
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-447p-4w4j-j4w9
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1e50d8c-e61c-4e94-b5e8-b24832dc24b6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-monitor/tags/5.0.12/src/KeyGeneration/class-dlm-key-generation.php#L299
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3173614/download-monitor/trunk/src/KeyGeneration/class-dlm-key-generation.php
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Sources
- CVE-2024-10092 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10092 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-447p-4w4j-j4w9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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