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Download Manager <= 2.8.7 — Privilege Escalation

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Action summary

Affected: <2.8.8Update to 2.8.8 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:H Integrity
High
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Download Manager download-manager

  1. Affected< 2.8.8
  2. Patched in2.8.8

Update to 2.8.8 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 2.8.8. Version 2.8.8 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 2.8.8, 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 James Golovich.

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.8.7. This is due to unchecked use of the extract() function which makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to edit user metadata, including their role.

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 93
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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'file[additional_previews][]' Parameter
6.0.0 – 7.6.3Update to 7.6.4
CVE-2026-120658
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Registration Form (WP_Error-as-ID) via Spotlight Template [author_name]
6.0.0 – 7.5.9Update to 7.6.4
CVE-2026-119156
Medium4.3Download Manager <= 3.3.71 (free) & 7.5.9 (Pro) Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤7.5.8Update to 3.3.71 or 7.5.9
CVE-2026-86611
Medium6.1Unauthenticated DOM-Based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'REFERRER' Parameter
≤3.3.57Update to 3.3.58
CVE-2026-12054
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpdm_packages Shortcode
≤3.3.58Update to 3.3.59
CVE-2026-9696

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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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