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CVE-2023-2305: Download Manager <= 3.2.70 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wpdm_members', 'wpdm_login_form', 'wpdm_reg_form' shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 3.2.70 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
- codename065 Download Manager: before 3.2.71 — fixed in 3.2.71
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: codename065 Download Manager 3.2.71. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.2.70/src/User/views/login-form.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.2.70/src/User/views/members.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.2.70/src/User/views/reg-form.php#L11
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2906403%40download-manager&new=2906403%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/05/w3-eden-addresses-authenticated-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-download-manager-wordpress-plugin/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a66bc196-e5f8-46b4-a81c-c888eb64021c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.2.70/src/User/views/login-form.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.2.70/src/User/views/members.php#L10
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.2.70/src/User/views/reg-form.php#L11
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2906403%40download-manager&new=2906403%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a66bc196-e5f8-46b4-a81c-c888eb64021c?source=cve
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