CSRF in Download Manager plugin lets attackers change privacy settings
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.71 and from 4.0.0 before 7.5.9 lacks CSRF checks in some places (CWE-352). An attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into following a crafted link, which changes the plugin's privacy and storage settings, including the credential that gates its unauthenticated maintenance endpoint. An exploit link is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.71, Download Manager WordPress plugin before 7.5.9 does not have CSRF checks in some places, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin update its privacy and storage settings via a crafted link, including the credential that gates its unauthenticated maintenance endpoint.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Download Manager | before 3.3.71 | 3.3.71 | Patch available | CNA |
| Unknown | Download Manager | 4.0.0 to before 7.5.9 | 7.5.9 | Patch available | CNA |
- Download Manager VendorUnknown Affected before 3.3.71 Fixed in 3.3.71 Patch available CNA
- Download Manager VendorUnknown Affected 4.0.0 to before 7.5.9 Fixed in 7.5.9 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the Download Manager plugin to version 3.3.71 for the 3.x line or to version 7.5.9 for the 4.x line.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Download Manager (Unknown) Fixed in 3.3.71
- Fix · CNA Download Manager (Unknown) Fixed in 7.5.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86611
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-2f6h-f6g2-jxwq
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-86611 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86611 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2f6h-f6g2-jxwq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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