CVE-2026-9696

MEDIUMCVSS 6.4

Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'not_found' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.58 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Timeline

Published:October 10th, 2026 5:16 AM

Last modified:October 11th, 2026 1:17 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=download-manager/tags/3.3.58/src/Package/Shortcodes.php&old=3574454&new_path=download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/Shortcodes.php&new=3588497
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d57e11e8-de23-469e-9b96-3fc24b03bf98?source=cve

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute