# CVE-2026-116403: WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin \<= 3.7.1 - Race Condition vulnerability

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109986
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Summary

The Easy Digital Downloads plugin for WordPress, an e-commerce plugin for selling digital products, is affected by a race condition flaw. An attacker could exploit timing issues in concurrent requests to bypass intended synchronization controls, which may lead to unintended behavior within the affected site.

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## Affected

- easy-digital-downloads: through 3.7.1

## Description

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads easy-digital-downloads allows Leveraging Race Conditions.This issue affects Easy Digital Downloads: from n/a through 3.7.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on easy-digital-downloads, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-digital-downloads/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-digital-downloads-plugin-3-7-1-race-condition-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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