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CVE-2024-8444: Download Manager < 3.3.00 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.33% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Unknown Download Manager 3.3.00.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Unknown Download Manager 3.3.00 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.00 doesn't sanitize some of it's shortcode parameters, leading to cross site scripting.

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Published: Oct 30, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.3% · 26th percentile
CWE: CWE-79

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 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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Vendor	Product	CPE
w3eden	download manager	cpe:2.3:a:w3eden:download_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 3.3.00

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 3.3.00affected · 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

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-2098Jun 13, 2024 · Download Manager <= 3.2.89 - Improper Authorization via protectMediaLibrary
30Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-6208Jul 31, 2024 · Download Manager <= 3.2.97 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
21Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-11740Dec 19, 2024 · Download Manager <= 3.3.03 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Unknown Download Manager	3.3.00	Vendor (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

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Miguel Xavier Penha Netofinder
WPScancoordinator

Variant candidates

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

CVE-2024-620891 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.97 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
21Monitor
CVE-2024-1766140 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.86 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting
21Monitor
CVE-2024-5266140 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.92 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Shortcodes
21Monitor
CVE-2024-4160152 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.90 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpdm-all-packages Shortcode
21Monitor
CVE-2024-29114225 days apartWordPress Download Manager plugin <= 3.2.84 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
21Monitor
CVE-2023-6954231 days apartDownload Manager <= 3.2.85 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
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).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-24-1795 · Oct 31, 2024(WordPress Eklenti Güvenlik Bildirimi)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
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: Low
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:L/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

1commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

1commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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