# CVE-2024-1766: Download Manager <= 3.2.86 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via Display Name in Download Manager, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v5xq-m8f8-3cc2

## What is CVE-2024-1766?

CVE-2024-1766 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in codename065 Download Manager, published on 12 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a user's Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability requires social engineering to successfully exploit, and the impact would be very limited due to the attacker requiring a user to login as the user with the injected payload for execution.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1766?

It affects 1 product.


Products: W3eden Download Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1766?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1766 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1766 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in codename065 Download Manager

- [CVE-2022-2436](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2436/): Download Manager <= 3.2.49 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHAR Deserialization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-25069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25069/): WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.34 - Authenticated SQL Injection to Reflected XSS (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2014-9260](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9260/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-2431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2431/): Download Manager <= 3.2.50 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Deletion (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-2098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2098/): Download Manager <= 3.2.89 - Improper Authorization via protectMediaLibrary (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1766 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1766 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in codename065 Download Manager, published on 12 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: codename065 Download Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1766/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1766/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1766
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1766
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1766

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1766/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.