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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.

From the CVE Program.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Download Manager (WordPress plugin)WordPress plugins · wp-plugin:download-manager
  • From 6.0.0 up to 7.6.3

References

  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120658