What is CVE-2013-5098?

CVE-2013-5098 is a vulnerability in Mikejolley Download Monitor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-08-09.

Is CVE-2013-5098 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Mikejolley Download Monitor

CVE-2013-5098

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/admin.php in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3262.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2013-08-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Mikejolley Download Monitor — versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
WordPress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/723187/download-monitor (Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85921 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/53116 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/61407 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-5098?: CVE-2013-5098 is a vulnerability in Mikejolley Download Monitor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2013-08-09.
Is CVE-2013-5098 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.