CVE-2019-15889

Download Manager vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

12.5%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

The download-manager plugin before 2.9.94 for WordPress has XSS via the category shortcode feature, as demonstrated by the orderby or search[publish_date] parameter.

Affected vendor

W3eden

Affected product

Download Manager

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2019-09-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 12.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-15889

Confirm whether W3eden Download Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-15889.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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