CVE-2022-2101
Download Manager <= 3.2.46 - Contributor+ Cross-Site Scripting
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the file[files][] parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.46 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts on the file's page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the editor area for the injected file page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.4
Download Manager <= 3.2.46 - Contributor+ Cross-Site Scripting
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the file[files][] parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.46 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts on the file's page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the editor area for the injected file page.
- Record
CVE-2022-2101- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34389
6.4
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the file[files][] parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.46 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts on the file's page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the editor area for the injected file page.
- Record
EUVD-2022-34389- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gjv4-fmq6-6x2x
5.4
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ...
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the file[files][] parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.46 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts on the file's page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the editor area for the injected file page.
- Record
GHSA-gjv4-fmq6-6x2x- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.4
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the file[files][] parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.46 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts on the file's page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the editor area for the injected file page.
- Record
CVE-2022-2101- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2101 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Codename065 Download Manager, published July 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.08%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b399929a-db33-419f-9218-b86ee88a9f1a?source=cve
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167573
medium.com/%40andreabocchetti88/download-manager-3-2-43-contributor-cross-site-scripting-fa4970fba45c
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2750339%40download-manager&new=2750339%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2101
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gjv4-fmq6-6x2x