Medium severity · published Aug 8, 2026
CVE-2026-16608
Download Monitor < 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Download Log Injection
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DM
Download Monitor ·
before 5.2.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16608
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16608
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9573555-bd5c-451c-85dd-d964379d12d1/
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