The Simple Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 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.

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Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description The Simple Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 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.
Title Simple Download Monitor <= 4.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-27T08:24:19.262Z

Reserved: 2026-02-11T22:02:29.167Z

Link: CVE-2026-2383

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-27T09:16:17.480

Modified: 2026-02-27T14:06:37.987

Link: CVE-2026-2383

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-27T16:06:01Z

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