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CVE-2024-8703: Z-Downloads < 1.11.6 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2025-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Z-Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.11.6 does not sanitise and escape some parameters when outputting them in the page, which could allow unauthenticated visitors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when accessing share URLs.
Affected products
- Z-Downloads: before 1.1.16 — fixed in 1.1.16
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Z-Downloads 1.1.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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