Vulnerabilities / Download Manager / WPSEC-2026-2298
Download Manager <= 3.3.74 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Asset Manager File Download via [wpdm_asset] Shortcode
Medium 6.5
CWE-639Fixed in 3.3.75
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-2298
- Plugin
- Download Manager (download-manager)
- Affected
- from 3.0.4 before 3.3.75
- Remediation
- Update to 3.3.75 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-639
- Usage
- Plugin High · Affected versions High among sites WPSec scans, 2026-11-03
- Attack surface
- Download Manager on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.74 via the [wpdm_asset] shortcode due to missing validation on the user-controlled 'id' attribute. The shortcode loaded any Asset Manager asset by ID and rendered a download link without checking whether the viewer or the post's author had access to it. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to embed any Asset Manager asset in a post and download files that were not shared with them.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2298/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/download-manager/tags/3.3.75/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/
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