Vulnerabilities and security researches fordownload-plugins-dashboard download-plugins-dashboard

Jan 10, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-14399
Home page URL: Security reports for Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Application: Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Date: Dec 17, 2025
Research Description: The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the download_plugin_bulk and download_theme_bulk functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to archive all the sites plugins and themes and place them in the `wp-content/uploads/` directory via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: max 1.9.7.
Status: vulnerable

Oct 12, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-9232
Home page URL: Security reports for Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Application: Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Date: Oct 11, 2024
Research Description: The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: max 1.9.2.
Status: vulnerable

Aug 17, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-7501
Home page URL: Security reports for Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Application: Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Date: Aug 16, 2024
Research Description: The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the download_theme() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary themes from the website via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. In versions prior to 1.8.6 it was possible to download the entire sites files.
Affected versions: max 1.8.8.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2019-17239
Home page URL: Security reports for Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Application: Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Date: Oct 08, 2019
Research Description: includes/settings/class-alg-download-plugins-settings.php in the download-plugins-dashboard plugin through 1.5.0 for WordPress has multiple unauthenticated stored XSS issues.
Affected versions: max 1.6.0.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-35162
Home page URL: Security reports for Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Application: Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard
Date: May 22, 2024
Research Description: Path traversal vulnerability exists in Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard versions prior to 1.8.6. If this vulnerability is exploited, a remote authenticated attacker with "switch_themes" privilege may obtain arbitrary files on the server.
Affected versions: max 1.8.6.
Status: vulnerable