{"id":"CVE-2026-9696","title":"The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'not_found' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.58 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping","summary":"The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'not_found' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.58 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it p…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-10-10","updated":"2026-10-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-10T05:16:40.977","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9696","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=download-manager/tags/3.3.58/src/Package/Shortcodes.php&old=3574454&new_path=download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/Shortcodes.php&new=3588497","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d57e11e8-de23-469e-9b96-3fc24b03bf98?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-10T05:23:33.496Z","slug":"CVE-2026-9696","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'not_found' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.58 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}