CVE-2025-15364

Download Manager <= 3.3.40 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation via updatePassword

2026-01-05 13:11

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.3.41
Affected Plugin: Download Manager
Affected Version: <= 3.3.40
CVSS: 7.3High
Weakness type: CWE-353 · Missing Support for Integrity Check
CVE: CVE-2025-15364

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At a glance

CVE-2025-15364 is a high-severity Missing Support for Integrity Check vulnerability in the Download Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.3.40. It carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.3.41; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2026, reported by Drew Webber (mcdruid).

Vulnerability Overview

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.40. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user's passwords, except administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-353: Missing Support for Integrity Check

The product uses a transmission protocol that does not include a mechanism for verifying the integrity of the data during transmission, such as a checksum.

Remediation

Update to version 3.3.41, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Download Manager 3.3.41 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15364 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/067031e8-6aa8-451c-a318-b1848c7a4f92 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15364

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Download Manager

CVSS Vector

7.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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