CVE-2026-2383
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
27/02/2026
Last modified:
27/02/2026
Description
The Simple Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via custom field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-monitor/tags/4.0.3/sdm-shortcodes.php#L543
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-monitor/trunk/sdm-shortcodes.php#L543
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3464024%40simple-download-monitor/trunk&old=3430786%40simple-download-monitor/trunk
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/556e41d1-2c98-4175-87ba-29689704c2f0?source=cve



