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Easy Digital DownloadsWordPress extension · Awesomemotive

CVE-2024-43162

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.3.0 or later.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from n/a through 3.2.12.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

A missing authorization vulnerability in Easy Digital Downloads allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions or sensitive e-commerce data.

MitigationUpdate Easy Digital Downloads to the latest version and audit all access control configurations to ensure proper authorization enforcement on sensitive endpoints.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Easy Digital DownloadsWordPress extension
Affected:< 3.3.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Easy Digital Downloads is installed
    Check your WordPress site's wp-content/plugins/easy-digital-downloads folder exists, or look for the plugin in WordPress admin under Plugins
    Affected if The plugin is not installed on the site
  2. Determine the installed version
    Check the main plugin file (usually easy-digital-downloads.php) for the 'Version' header, or view the plugin in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins
    Affected if The version is lower than 3.3.0 (e.g., 3.2.9, 3.2.8, etc.)
  3. Check for publicly accessible admin ajax endpoints
    Inspect your site's wp-admin/admin-ajax.php to see if any EDD-related AJAX actions are accessible without authentication by making a test request to known EDD ajax hooks (edd_ajax_hook)
    Affected if EDD ajax endpoints respond without requiring WordPress admin authentication
  4. Inspect access control on sensitive e-commerce endpoints
    Review your web server and EDD settings to identify if REST API endpoints (like /edd-api/*) or download files are accessible without proper capability checks
    Affected if Sensitive purchase data, download files, or customer information is accessible to unauthenticated users or users without proper roles
  5. Audit user role and capability assignments
    Check WordPress users and roles in the wp-users and wp-usermeta tables, looking for any custom roles or capability modifications related to EDD (edd_ capabilities) that may grant excessive permissions
    Affected if Users with subscriber or customer roles have administrative capabilities or can access admin-only EDD functions

If Easy Digital Downloads is installed and the version is below 3.3.0, and sensitive endpoints or admin functions are accessible without proper authorization checks, the environment is affected by this CVE.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.3.0 or later
Fixed in 3.3.0
Interim mitigation

Update Easy Digital Downloads to the latest version and audit all access control configurations to ensure proper authorization enforcement on sensitive endpoints.

Recommended fix High confidence

Easy Digital Downloads 3.3.0 or later

  1. Backup your website and database before making any changes
  2. Update Easy Digital Downloads plugin to version 3.3.0 or later via WordPress admin plugin screen or via wp-cli (wp plugin update easy-digital-downloads)
  3. Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version in Plugins > Installed Plugins
  4. Test that download access controls, payment processing, and admin functions work correctly after the update

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Easy Digital Downloads Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,770
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