High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-11740
CVE-2024-11740
Description
The The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.03. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=3.3.03
- codename065/Download Managerv5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a7be578-5883-4cd3-963d-bf81c3af2003nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.02/src/Package/Hooks.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.02/src/Package/views/shortcode-iframe.phpnvdProduct
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