PT-2019-14454 · WordPress · Download Manager Plugin

Published 2019-09-03 · Updated 2025-03-21 · CVE-2019-15889

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 2.9.94

Description The issue concerns a problem with the category shortcode feature in the download-manager plugin, where an XSS attack can be performed. This is demonstrated through the orderby or search[publish date] parameter.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.9.94, update the download-manager plugin to version 2.9.94 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the category shortcode feature until the update is applied. Avoid using the orderby or search[publish date] parameter in the affected shortcode until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-15889

Affected Products

Download Manager Plugin

References · 11

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152511/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.92-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152552/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.93-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9257 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/47350 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15889 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2070388/download-manager · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15889 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154356/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.93-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/115680 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019041819 · Note