CVE-2026-2571

medium

Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'reviewUserStatus' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.49. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive information for any user on the site including email addresses, display names, and registration dates.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3efaa0d-8af6-4cdf-9225-8bbcfdbb73d3?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3462539/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/User/views/review-user-status.php#L34

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/User/UserController.php#L47

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-manager/trunk/src/User/UserController.php#L109

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-19

Updated: 2026-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium