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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-11740

w3eden download_manager Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Published Sep 11, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 11, 2025 · w3eden download_manager Improper Control

Patch now

CVE-2024-11740 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm w3eden download_manager Improper Control against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (w3eden download_manager Improper Control).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.88%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated download_manager · vendor w3eden download_manager

The The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.03. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated download_manager<= 3.3.03
  • vendor w3eden download_managerversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-11740

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-11740 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm w3eden download_manager Improper Control against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 3.3.03. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.88%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 11, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.03. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

  2. Sep 11, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-11740

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-11740

    30-day exploitation probability 1.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-11740

    The The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.03. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This mak

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.