CVE-2024-9654
Easy Digital Downloads 3.1 - 3.3.4 - Improper Authorization to Paywall Bypass
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Authorization in versions 3.1 through 3.3.4. This is due to a lack of sufficient validation checks within the 'verify_guest_email' function to ensure the requesting user is the intended recipient of the purchase receipt. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass intended security restrictions and view the receipts of other users, which contains a link to download paid content. Successful exploitation requires knowledge of another customers email address as well as the file ID of the content they purchased.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Low3.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
Affected products
smub · Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
- affected 3.1 – ≤ 3.3.4
References (2)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3f4de75-abf5-46e8-854d-be91ed74a5f3?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188001/easy-digital-downloads/trunk/includes/blocks/includes/orders/functions.php?old=2990247&old_path=easy-digital-downloads%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fblocks%2Fincludes%2Forders%2Ffunctions.php (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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