What is CVE-2026-112207?

CVE-2026-112207 is a high-severity vulnerability in Download Monitor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-112207?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

XSS in Download Monitor

CVE-2026-112207

The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.3.4 does not properly validate that a clicked link belongs to the site before fetching it client-side and rendering part of the response in the page, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any user who is tricked into clicking a crafted link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-24 · last modified 2026-10-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Download Monitor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/03d5e83b-3119-4862-b1be-8c6fe53f9963/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-112207?: CVE-2026-112207 is a high-severity vulnerability in Download Monitor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-112207?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.