Is download-monitor (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress download-monitor has 12 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29.

12advisories
0critical
0on CISA KEV
6no fix recorded
CVETitleSeverityCVSSAffectedFixed in
CVE-2021-23174Authenticated (admin+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.low3.4<4.4.74.4.7
CVE-2021-24786The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.4.5 does not properly validate and escape the "orderby" GET parameter before using it in a SQhigh7.2<4.4.54.4.5
CVE-2012-4768Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitmedium4.3=3.3.5.7–
CVE-2013-3262Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/admin.php in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackmedium4.3<=1.0.6 or =1.0.0 or =1.0.1 or =1.0.2 or =1.0.3 or =1.0.4 or =1.0.5–
CVE-2013-5098Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/admin.php in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackmedium4.3<=1.0.6 or =1.0.0 or =1.0.1 or =1.0.2 or =1.0.3 or =1.0.4 or =1.0.5–
CVE-2021-31567Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Download vulnerability discovered in Download Monitor WordPress plugin (versions <= 4.4.6). The pluginmedium6.8<=4.4.6–
CVE-2022-2222The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.91 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitimedium4.9<4.5.914.5.91
CVE-2022-2981The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.98 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitimedium4.9<4.5.984.5.98
CVE-2015-9296The download-monitor plugin before 1.7.1 for WordPress has XSS related to add_query_arg.medium6.1<1.7.11.7.1
CVE-2021-36920Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability discovered in WordPress plugin Download Monitor (versions <= 4.4.6).medium4.8<=4.4.6–
CVE-2022-4972The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on several REST-API routeshigh7.5<=4.7.51–
CVE-2024-8552The Download Monitor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the enablemedium4.3<5.0.105.0.10

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