CVE-2026-13733
MEDIUM 6.4The 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.
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 11th percentile
Impact if exploited
6.4CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM
- ConfidentialityLow
- IntegrityLow
- AvailabilityNone
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79: Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
Technical & other
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ebf96aa9-2ee7-4411-8f43-3e8d023197bd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/views/all-packages-shortcode.php#L396
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/views/all-packages-shortcode.php#L396
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/Shortcodes.php#L398
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/Shortcodes.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/Shortcodes.php#L398
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/Shortcodes.php#L37
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3590868%40download-manager&new=3590868%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=