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Download Manager <= 3.3.61 — Missing Authorization

CVE-2026-14235Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.3.61Update to 3.3.62 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium4.3
CVSS
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Download Manager downloadmanager

  1. Affected≤ 3.3.61
  2. Patched in3.3.62

Update to 3.3.62 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.3.61. Version 3.3.62 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 Manager.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.3.62, 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 Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Alessandro Greco aka Aleff, Giovanbattista Ianni (University of Calabria - UNICAL).

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.61. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to download files via a reusable download key.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

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

Advisories & patches

More in Download Manager

All 4
More vulnerabilities in Download Manager
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.3.70Update to 3.3.71
CVE-2026-86610
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤7.5.5Update to 7.5.6
CVE-2026-86609
Medium5.3Password Protected File Bypass
≤3.2.82Update to 3.2.83
CVE-2024-32131

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 4.3

  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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