CVE-2026-16608

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary download log entries and inflate a site's download statistics.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-08-08
Modified: 2026-08-26
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9573555-bd5c-451c-85dd-d964379d12d1/

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