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CVE-2024-8284· NVD / CVE Program· CNA WPScan

Download Manager <= 3.2.98 - Admin+ Stored XSS

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.99 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

MediumCVSS 4.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 15, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 26th percentile
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Action score

19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
w3edendownload manager

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • w3eden download managerbefore 3.2.99

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Unknown Download Manager

    • before 3.2.99affected · semver

Same product

w3eden: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-9260The basic_settings function in the download manager plugin for WordPress before 2.7.3 allows remote authenticated users to update every Word
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2022-2436Download Manager <= 3.2.49 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHAR Deserialization
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2022-2431Download Manager <= 3.2.50 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2022-36288WordPress Download Manager plugin <= 3.2.48 - Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2022-34347WordPress Download Manager plugin <= 3.2.48 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2021-25069WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.34 - Authenticated SQL Injection to Reflected XSS
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Unknown Download Manager3.2.99Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-8444197 days apartDownload Manager < 3.3.00 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-6208288 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.97 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1766337 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.86 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-5266337 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.92 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Shortcodes
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-4160349 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.90 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpdm-all-packages Shortcode
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-29114422 days apartWordPress Download Manager plugin <= 3.2.84 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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