Description
The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the attacker to trick an authenticated Administrator into visiting an attacker-controlled page that targets an open Download edit screen, after which the payload is persisted unfiltered via the Administrator's unfiltered_html capability and later emitted verbatim to the frontend by the [download_data] shortcode's unescaped post_content render path.
Published: 2026-10-02
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions download Monitor
Wpchill
Wpchill download Monitor
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions download Monitor
Wpchill
Wpchill download Monitor

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the attacker to trick an authenticated Administrator into visiting an attacker-controlled page that targets an open Download edit screen, after which the payload is persisted unfiltered via the Administrator's unfiltered_html capability and later emitted verbatim to the frontend by the [download_data] shortcode's unescaped post_content render path.
Title Download Monitor <= 5.2.10 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Wordpress-extensions Download Monitor
Wpchill Download Monitor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T07:39:23.520Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T13:39:25.387Z

Link: CVE-2026-100182

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-02T08:16:59.697

Modified: 2026-10-02T13:18:55.613

Link: CVE-2026-100182

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Updated: 2026-10-02T14:46:12Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')