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CVE-2023-31219: WordPress Download Monitor Plugin <= 4.8.1 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.65% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 51.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: WPChill Download Monitor 4.8.2.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to WPChill Download Monitor 4.8.2 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in WPChill Download Monitor.This issue affects Download Monitor: from n/a through 4.8.1.

Published
Nov 12, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 51th percentile

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Action score

19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
4.9
CNA · Patchstack
4.1
0.8 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
wpchilldownload monitor

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • WPChill Download Monitor

    • n/a and later · up to and including 4.8.1affectedfixed in 4.8.2

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • wpchill download monitorup to 4.8.1 inclusive

Same product

wpchill: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-23174WordPress Download Monitor plugin <= 4.4.6 - Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    44Plan
  • CVE-2022-45354WordPress Download Monitor Plugin <= 4.7.60 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure
    41Plan
  • CVE-2023-34007WordPress Download Monitor Plugin <= 4.8.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-2222Jul 17, 2022 · Download Monitor < 4.5.91 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Download
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-2981Oct 10, 2022 · Download Monitor < 4.5.98 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Download
    19Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-30501Mar 29, 2024 · WordPress Download Monitor theme <= 4.9.4 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
WPChill Download Monitor4.8.2Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Credits

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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