WordPress plugins
CVE-2026-120658
Download Manager <= 7.6.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'file[additional_previews][]' Parameter
- Severity
- Medium 6.4
- Published
- 13 Nov 2026
- Last changed
- 13 Nov 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 13 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- Cross-site scripting (CWE-79)
- Attack
- Over the network · Needs a user account · No user action needed
- Attacker can
- Read some data · Change some data
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Sources
- CVE Program
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'file[additional_previews][]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The wpdm_sanitize_array() function strips HTML tags via wp_kses but leaves bare single quotes intact and calls stripslashes_deep() which defeats WordPress magic quotes protection, allowing a single-quote-based attribute breakout payload to be stored verbatim and later rendered without escaping.
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
Download Manager (WordPress plugin)WordPress plugins · wp-plugin:download-manager |
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References
- CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120658