CVE-2022-34658 — Multiple Authenticated (contributor+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vuln

Multiple Authenticated (contributor+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in W3 Eden Download Manager plugin <= 3.2.48 at WordPress.

01What is this vulnerability?

Multiple Authenticated (contributor+) Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in W3 Eden Download Manager plugin <= 3.2.48 at WordPress.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
W3 Eden, Inc.	Download Manager (WordPress plugin)	<= 3.2.48

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-08-23T15:46:33.953Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-20T20:11:47.747Z

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers
• patchstack.com — https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/download-manager/wordpress-downloa…