CVE-2023-6954 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Download Manager Pro plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 3.2.85. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions to inject malicious web scripts via shortcodes due to insufficient input sanitization. Successful exploitation could lead to client-side script execution when a user views an affected page, potentially compromising user sessions or defacing content. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:w3eden:download_manager:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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