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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Unknown | Download Monitor | unaffected |
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Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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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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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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