# CVE-2026-14292: WordPress Download Manager < 3.3.66 - Author+ Stored XSS via Package Title

> Authors can inject malicious JavaScript into package titles, leading to arbitrary code execution in the browsers of all visitors viewing the package.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 1 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j3p8-jcxf-rxwr

## What is CVE-2026-14292?

CVE-2026-14292 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Download Manager, published on 1 Aug 2026. 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 WordPress plugin before 3.3.66 does not properly escape a package's title before outputting it in the front-end package templates, allowing users with the Author role or above to store a title that results in arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser of any user, including unauthenticated visitors, who views a page displaying the package.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14292?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14292 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14292 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14292 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Download Manager, published on 1 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14292 exists.

Affected product: Unknown 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-2026-14292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14292/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14292

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14292/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.