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.
Published: 2026-08-08
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Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-117
CWE-862

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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.
Title Download Monitor < 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Download Log Injection
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-08T06:00:12.854Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T14:31:56.823Z

Link: CVE-2026-16608

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Updated: 2026-08-08T08:00:11Z

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