---
id: "CVE-2026-86611"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-86611"]
title: "WordPress Download Manager plugin: CSRF lets attackers change admin privacy and storage settings"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.3
epss: 0.00104
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wordpress-plugins"]
not_affected_if: ["patched-version", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-21T06:16:50+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:37:43+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86611", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-86611", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00"}]
---

# WordPress Download Manager plugin: CSRF lets attackers change admin privacy and storage settings

The Download Manager WordPress plugin lacks CSRF checks in some places, so a crafted link can make a logged-in admin change its privacy and storage settings. The changed settings include the credential that gates the plugin's unauthenticated maintenance endpoint.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get download-manager --field=version`
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## Fix

- Update the Download Manager plugin to `3.3.71` or later, or to `7.5.9` or later on the 7.x line
- Rotate the maintenance endpoint credential if an admin may have followed a suspicious link
- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86611
- 2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-86611

## From the sources

The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.71, Download Manager WordPress plugin before 7.5.9 does not have CSRF checks in some places, allowing attackers to make a logged in admin update its privacy and storage settings via a crafted link, including the credential that gates its unauthenticated maintenance endpoint.

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