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CVE-2024-6208: Download Manager <= 3.2.97 - 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: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wpdm_all_packages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.97 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'cols' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• codename065 Download Manager: before 3.2.98 — fixed in 3.2.98

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: codename065 Download Manager 3.2.98. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/Package/views/all-packages-shortcode.php?rev=3097323#L10
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/Package/views/all-packages-shortcode.php?rev=3097323#L302
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3126662/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7c67d2f8-d918-42ef-a301-27eed7fa41b2?source=cve

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