# Download Manager <= 3.3.72 - Unauthenticated Missing Authorization to Restricted Package Download via Password Lock

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-1064
- **Plugin:** Download Manager (`download-manager`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 3.3.73
- **Fixed in:** 3.3.73 (Update to 3.3.73 or later.)
- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-863
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin High, affected versions High (as of 2026-10-16)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/download-manager
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-15
- **Published:** 2026-10-16
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1064/

## Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access via the password lock (wpdm/validate-password REST endpoint) in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.72. This is due to the endpoint issuing a temporary download key after a correct password without checking that the package is published or that the current user's role may access it. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers who know a package's password to download role-restricted packages they would otherwise not be permitted to download. Authenticated users can also download unpublished packages this way. The download key skips the package's access roles.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1064/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/download-manager/tags/3.3.73/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1064/

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