Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 19, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026

Download Manager <= 3.3.03 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

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

WordPress/Download Managerllm-fuzzy
Range: <=3.3.03
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager
codename065/Download Managerv5
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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.02/src/Package/Hooks.phpmitre
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.02/src/Package/views/shortcode-iframe.phpmitre
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a7be578-5883-4cd3-963d-bf81c3af2003mitre

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