Medium severity · published Apr 9, 2026
CVE-2026-5357
Download Manager <= 3.3.52 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sid' parameter of the 'wpdm_members' shortcode in versions up to and including 3.3.52. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the user-supplied 'sid' shortcode attribute. The sid parameter is extracted without sanitization in the members() function and stored via update_post_meta(), then echoed directly into an HTML id attribute in the members.php template without applying esc_attr(). 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 the injected page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DM
Download Manager · codename065
through 3.3.52 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5357
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5357
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.51/src/User/User.php#L175
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.51/src/User/views/members.php#L10
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/User/User.php#L175
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/User/views/members.php#L10
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3501300%40download-manager&new=3501300%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/27fc81b0-c03a-4de7-bc38-791401d1685b?source=cve
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