CVE-2019-15889
CVE-2019-15889
Vexday Risk Score
53Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
Exploit maturity
Functional exploit
Automatable exploit available (Nuclei/Metasploit).
CVSS 6.1EPSS 12.5%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei simMetasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
03 Sep 2019Published on NVD
04 Sep 2019Public PoC
Weaponization speed
same dayto first PoC
Weaponized quickly — attackers prioritized this vulnerability. Patch urgently.
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
The download-manager plugin before 2.9.94 for WordPress has XSS via the category shortcode feature, as demonstrated by the orderby or search[publish_date] parameter.
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:R
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 4
cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/154356/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.93-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlunverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/152511/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.92-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlunverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/152552/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.93-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlunverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/47350unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154356/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.93-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152511/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.92-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152552/WordPress-Download-Manager-2.9.93-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2070388/download-managerhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developershttps://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9257https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019041819