What is CVE-2026-16685?

CVE-2026-16685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codename065 Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-16685?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Codename065 Download Manager

CVE-2026-16685

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'icon' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.66 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. wp_kses_post() does not neutralize the payload because it operates on post content at save time and does not process shortcode attribute values that are emitted unescaped at render time.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Codename065 Download Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16685?: CVE-2026-16685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codename065 Download Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-16685?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.