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It also requires that the attacker is successful in uploading a file with the serialized payload.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01826,"percentile":0.78971,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"published":"2022-09-06T17:18:57Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:41:53Z","products":[{"vendor":"codename065","product":"download manager"},{"vendor":"w3eden","product":"download_manager"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/471957f6-54c1-4268-b2e1-8efa391dcaec?source=cve","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/Admin/Menu/Packages.php#L68","tags":["x_transferred","Product"]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=2761422%40download-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FAdmin%2FMenu%2FPackages.php\u0026new=2761422%40download-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FAdmin%2FMenu%2FPackages.php","tags":["x_transferred","Patch"]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2436","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2436"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2895-g6rw-7xgr"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-2436","title":"Download Manager \u003c= 3.2.49 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHAR Deserialization","description":"The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted input via the 'file[package_dir]' parameter in versions up to, and including 3.2.49. 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