Download Manager <= 3.3.60 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'no_data_msg' Shortcode Attribute
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'no_data_msg' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.60 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. Although wp_kses_post is applied to post content on save, it only strips HTML tokens and does not neutralize C-style escape sequences embedded within shortcode attribute values, meaning contributors can craft a payload that survives the kses filter and is silently reconstructed into a raw script tag at render time.
Affected products
1- Range: <=3.3.60
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/Shortcodes.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/Shortcodes.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.59/src/Package/views/all-packages-shortcode.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/Shortcodes.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/Shortcodes.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.60/src/Package/views/all-packages-shortcode.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetmitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ebf96aa9-2ee7-4411-8f43-3e8d023197bdmitre
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