What is CVE-2019-17239?

CVE-2019-17239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpfactory Download Plugins And Themes From Dashboard, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2019-17239?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17239 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpfactory Download Plugins And Themes From Dashboard

CVE-2019-17239

includes/settings/class-alg-download-plugins-settings.php in the download-plugins-dashboard plugin through 1.5.0 for WordPress has multiple unauthenticated stored XSS issues.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpfactory Download Plugins And Themes From Dashboard

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9896 (Third Party Advisory)
wordpress.org/plugins/download-plugins-dashboard/ (Product, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17239?: CVE-2019-17239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpfactory Download Plugins And Themes From Dashboard, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2019-17239?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17239 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.