Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2026· Updated Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-16685
CVE-2026-16685
Description
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'icon' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.66 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. wp_kses_post() does not neutralize the payload because it operates on post content at save time and does not process shortcode attribute values that are emitted unescaped at render time.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=3.3.66
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.64/src/Category/Shortcodes.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.64/src/Package/views/category-shortcode-toolbar.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.64/src/Package/views/category-shortcode-toolbar.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.64/src/__/UI.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.66/src/Category/Shortcodes.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.66/src/Package/views/category-shortcode-toolbar.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.66/src/Package/views/category-shortcode-toolbar.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.66/src/__/UI.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a32393e-f233-4ab6-addc-9dd1e04c0e0anvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 3, 2026 to August 9, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 14, 2026
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 27, 2026 to August 2, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 8, 2026