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CVE-2017-18032

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The download-manager plugin before 2.9.52 for WordPress has XSS via the id parameter in a wpdm_generate_password action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Affected products

• codename065 Download Manager: before 2.9.52 — fixed in 2.9.52

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: codename065 Download Manager 2.9.52. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/xss-download-manager/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers
• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/xss-download-manager/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers

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