Download Monitor: known security problems
34 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 34 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 5.3.5 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (before 5.3.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 5.3.5
- Fixed in
- 5.3.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.3.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-112219
- Report title
- Download Monitor < 5.3.5 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 5.3.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.3.3
- Fixed in
- 5.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-112207
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.3.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.3.3
- Fixed in
- 5.3.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.3.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-110375
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.2.10
- Fixed in
- 5.2.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.2.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-100182
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.2.10 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Cross-Origin postMessage to Admin Editor
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.2.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.2.5
- Fixed in
- 5.2.6
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.2.6 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-16608
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.2.5 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with an author account on your site could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.9
- Fixed in
- 5.1.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.1.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-39489
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.1.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Download
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.10
- Fixed in
- 5.1.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.1.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-4401
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.1.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Download Path Deletion and Disabling
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.7
- Fixed in
- 5.1.8
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.1.8 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-3124
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.1.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Order Completion via 'token' and 'order_id'
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could read or change the data in your site’s database
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.1.8
- Fixed in
- 5.1.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.1.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-39486
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.0.22
- Fixed in
- 5.0.23
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.0.23 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-47439
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.0.22 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could see private information they should not see (up to and including 5.0.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.0.13
- Fixed in
- 5.0.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.0.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-10399
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.0.13 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 5.0.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.0.12
- Fixed in
- 5.0.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.0.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-10092
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.0.12 - Missing Authorization to API Key Manipulation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.0.9
- Fixed in
- 5.0.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 5.0.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-8552
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 5.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Shop Enable
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 4.9.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.9.13
- Fixed in
- 4.9.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.9.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-3269
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.9.13 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or change the data in your site’s database (before 4.9.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 4.9.5
- Fixed in
- 4.9.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.9.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-30501
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.9.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could run their own code on your site and take it over
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 4.8.4
- Fixed in
- 4.8.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.8.4 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-34007
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.8.3 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via upload_file
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.8.1
- Fixed in
- 4.8.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.8.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-31219
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.8.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could see private information they should not see (up to and including 4.7.60)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.7.60
- Fixed in
- 4.7.70
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.7.70 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-45354
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.7.60 - Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.7.51
- Fixed in
- 4.7.52
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.7.52 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-4972
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.7.51 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Data Export
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could see private information they should not see (up to and including 4.7.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.7.2
- Fixed in
- 4.7.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.7.3 or newer.
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.7.2 - Authenticated Directory Traversal to Sensitive Information Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone who already has an admin account could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.97
- Fixed in
- 4.5.98
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.5.98 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2981
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.5.97 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Download
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 4.5.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.5.9
- Fixed in
- 4.5.91
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.5.91 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-2222
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.5.9 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Download
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.4.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.4.6
- Fixed in
- 4.4.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.4.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-36920
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.4.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 4.4.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.4.6
- Fixed in
- 4.4.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.4.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-31567
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.4.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 4.4.6) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 4.4.6
- Fixed in
- 4.4.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.4.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-23174
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.4.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could read or change the data in your site’s database (before 4.4.5)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 4.4.5
- Fixed in
- 4.4.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 4.4.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24786
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 4.4.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection via orderby parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 1.9.6)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9.6
- Fixed in
- 1.9.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 1.9.7 or newer.
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 1.9.6 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.7.1)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.7.1
- Fixed in
- 1.7.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 1.7.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2015-9296
- Report title
- Download Monitor < 1.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 1.6.5; from 1.7.0 up to and including 1.7.0)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 1.6.5
- From 1.7.0 up to and including 1.7.0
- Fixed in
- 1.6.5, 1.7.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 1.7.1 or newer.
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 1.6.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 1.6.3)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.6.3
- Fixed in
- 1.6.4
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 1.6.4 or newer.
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 1.6.3 - Directory Listing to Information Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 3.3.6.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 3.3.6.2
- Fixed in
- 3.3.6.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 3.3.6.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2013-5098
- Report title
- Download Monitor < 3.3.6.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via sort Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (before 3.3.6.2) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 3.3.6.2
- Fixed in
- 3.3.6.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 3.3.6.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2013-3262
- Report title
- Download Monitor < 3.3.6.2 - Cross-Site Scripting via p Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 3.3.5.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.3.5.8
- Fixed in
- 3.3.5.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 3.3.5.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2012-4768
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 3.3.5.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or change the data in your site’s database
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.0.6
- Fixed in
- 2.0.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Download Monitor to version 2.0.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2008-2034
- Report title
- Download Monitor <= 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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