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Download Monitor <= 4.4.6 — Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2021-23174Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.4.6Update to 4.4.7 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium5.5
CVSS
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Download Monitor download-monitor

  1. Affected≤ 4.4.6
  2. Patched in4.4.7

Update to 4.4.7 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.4.6. Version 4.4.7 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Download Monitor.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 4.4.7, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Download Monitor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to R3N0.

Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6) Vulnerable parameters: &post_title, &downloadable_file_version[0].

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Download Monitor

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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Low2.7Missing Authorization
<5.3.5Update to 5.3.5
CVE-2026-112219
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.3.3Update to 5.3.4
CVE-2026-112207
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.3.3Update to 5.3.4
CVE-2026-110375
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor
≤5.2.10Update to 5.2.11
CVE-2026-100182
Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤5.2.5Update to 5.2.6
CVE-2026-16608

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 5.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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