ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
UNASSESSED
Received
CVE-2026-16608
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.
Published 08 Aug 2026, 07:17 UTC
Last modified 08 Aug 2026, 07:17 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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