What is CVE-2026-14292?

CVE-2026-14292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-14292?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Download Manager

CVE-2026-14292

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.66 does not properly escape a package's title before outputting it in the front-end package templates, allowing users with the Author role or above to store a title that results in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser of any user, including unauthenticated visitors, who views a page displaying the package.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (5.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Download Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14292?: CVE-2026-14292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-14292?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.