PT-2026-22319 · WordPress · Simple Download Monitor

Dj + 1 · Published 2026-02-27 · Updated 2026-02-27 · CVE-2026-2383

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simple Download Monitor plugin for WordPress versions prior to 4.0.6

Description The Simple Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through a custom field. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the injected page.

Recommendations Update the Simple Download Monitor plugin to version 4.0.6 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-2383

Affected Products

Simple Download Monitor

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2383 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2027380174052798953 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3464024%40simple-download-monitor%2Ftrunk&old=3430786%40simple-download-monitor%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-monitor/tags/4.0.3/sdm-shortcodes.php#L543 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/556e41d1-2c98-4175-87ba-29689704c2f0?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/45959 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-monitor/trunk/sdm-shortcodes.php#L543 · Note