Download Manager <= 3.3.40 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation via updatePassword

Missing Support for Integrity Check
CVE CVE-2025-15364
CVSS High (7.3)
Publicly Published January 5, 2026
Last Updated January 6, 2026
Researcher Drew Webber (mcdruid)
Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.40. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user's passwords, except administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.40
Patched Version
  • 3.3.41
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