---
id: CVE-2026-97338
title: >-
  The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.70 due to
  insufficient input sanitization and output escaping
summary: >-
  The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.70 due to
  insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible
  for a…
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
vendor: codename065
product: Download Manager
affected:
  - download_manager <= 3.3.70
published: '2026-10-02'
updated: '2026-10-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-02T13:18:55.613'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97338'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.70/src/Admin/views/stats/history.php#L232
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.70/src/Admin/views/stats/history.php#L979
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.70/src/User/EditProfile.php#L57
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.70/src/__/__.php#L224
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.70/src/__/__.php#L300
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3715131%40download-manager&new=3715131%40download-manager
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e04b75d4-9bf5-4b26-ac3a-88a10d200c50?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-02T08:14:06.218Z'
---

## Overview

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.70 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the [wpdm_edit_profile] shortcode to be present on a front-end page accessible to Subscriber-level users, who can then submit a multiply entity-encoded payload via the display name field to bypass sanitization.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.