๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-18933

HIGH 7.2

wp-downloadmanager - Unrestricted File Upload via Missing Extension/MIME Validation and Path Traversal

CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The wp-downloadmanager WordPress plugin, in version 1.68.11 (also affecting the 6.9.4 release line), allows an admin-privileged user (current_user_can('manage_downloads')) to upload arbitrary files via download-add.php with no extension or MIME-type validation of any kind - no wp_check_filetype_and_ext, no validate_file, and no extension blocklist exist anywhere in the upload handler.

CWE CWE-434
Vendor wp-downloadmanager
Product wp-downloadmanager
Published Aug 5, 2026
Last Updated Aug 10, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

wp-downloadmanager / wp-downloadmanager
0 โ‰ค 1.69

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-downloadmanager/#description

Credits

Kamol_cs