// vulnerability record
cached · NVD via COSMOS syncCVE-2026-13733
MEDIUMpublished 2026-07-01 08:16 UTC · 3 days ago · modified 2026-07-01 13:56 UTC
// 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.
// weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-79
// references (8)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/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/views/all-packages-shortcode.php#L396
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/Shortcodes.php#L37