CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-4057
The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `makeMediaPublic()` and `makeMediaPrivate()` functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.51. This is due to the functions only checking for `edit_posts` capability without verifying post ownership via `current_user_can('edit_post', $id)`, and the destructive operations executing before the admin-level check in `mediaAccessControl()`. This makes it possible
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Download Manager","vendor":"codename065","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.3.51","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
7 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.51/src/MediaLibrary/MediaAccessControl.php#L237"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/tags/3.3.51/src/MediaLibrary/MediaAccessControl.php#L257"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/MediaLibrary/MediaAccessControl.php#L237"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/MediaLibrary/MediaAccessControl.php#L257"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3492316/download-manager/trunk/src/MediaLibrary/MediaAccessControl.php"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fb8d8963c8844263b9fd760205834c35559e3e4e032b6a998703845e7de13c2 · sha256:d15574d54060b603… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fdownload-manager/tags/3.3.51&new_path=%2Fdownload-manager/tags/3.3.52"}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6b02846-61be-4571-921d-53df5493f856?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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