CVE-2022-0828: w3eden Download Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.34 uses the uniqid php function to generate the master key for a download, allowing an attacker to brute force the key with reasonable resources giving direct download access regardless of role based restrictions or password protections set for the download.

Affected products

• w3eden Download Manager: before 3.2.34 (fixed in 3.2.34)

Published 2022-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.