{"id":"CVE-2026-16608","title":"The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inje…","summary":"The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inje…","severity":"none","published":"2026-08-08","updated":"2026-08-08","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16608","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9573555-bd5c-451c-85dd-d964379d12d1/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00304,"epssPercentile":0.20511,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-09T03:32:40.593Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16608","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary download log entries and inflate a site's download statistics.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}