WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Download Manager < 3.3.61 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'no_data_msg' Shortcode Attribute
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'no_data_msg' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.60 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Although wp_kses_post is applied to post content on save, it only strips HTML tokens and does not neutralize C-style escape sequences embedded within shortcode attribute values, meaning contributors can craft a payload that survives the kses filter and is silently reconstructed into a raw script tag at render time.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
PRISM
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-06-30 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-06-30 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-01 (about 1 month ago)