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CVE-2022-0706: Easy Digital Downloads < 2.11.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Easy Digital Downloads WordPress plugin before 2.11.6 does not sanitise and escape the Downloadable File Name in the Logs, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• smub Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy: before 2.11.6 — fixed in 2.11.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: smub Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 2.11.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2697388
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/598d5c1b-7930-46a6-9a31-5e08a5f14907
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2697388
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/598d5c1b-7930-46a6-9a31-5e08a5f14907

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