WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Download Monitor < 5.3.4 - Reflected XSS via Cross-Origin Download Link
Description
The plugin does not properly validate that a clicked link belongs to the site before fetching it client-side and rendering part of the response in the page, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any user who is tricked into clicking a crafted link.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 5.3.4 References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-22 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-22 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-22 (about 1 day ago)
