PT-2018-6624 · WordPress · Download Manager

Mallory Adams · Published 2018-01-16 · Updated 2025-03-21 · CVE-2017-18032

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WordPress download-manager plugin versions prior to 2.9.52

Description: The issue concerns a security problem where an attacker can exploit the id parameter in a wpdm generate password action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php API endpoint, leading to a potential XSS attack.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.9.52, update the download-manager plugin to version 2.9.52 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php API endpoint or avoiding the use of the id parameter in the wpdm generate password action until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18032

Affected Products

Download Manager

References · 5

• 🔥 https://security.dxw.com/advisories/xss-download-manager · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18032 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18032 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/115679 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers · Note