CVE-2021-24773
WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.16 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2021-24773- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.16 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
CVE-2021-24773- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11685 No score
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
EUVD-2021-11685- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6645-2q63-p5rq
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the...
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
- Record
GHSA-6645-2q63-p5rq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24773 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Unknown Wordpress Download Manager, published November 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.86%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.