CVE-2023-0076: Download Attachments < 1.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Download Attachments WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected products

dFactory Download Attachments: before 1.2.24 — fixed in 1.2.24

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dFactory Download Attachments 1.2.24. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a0a44f8a-877c-40df-a3ba-b9b806ffb772/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a0a44f8a-877c-40df-a3ba-b9b806ffb772/

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