CVE-2025-15364

Download Manager <= 3.3.40 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation via updatePassword

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.40. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user's passwords, except administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

We have discovered 26,379 live websites that are affected by CVE-2025-15364.

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Affected Software

Product  Download Manager
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains26,379 live websites (76% of Download Manager install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 3.3.40
Vulnerable Versions Count236 versions ( 98% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-353 Missing Support for Integrity Check



Details

  • Published - Jan 6, 2026
  • Updated - Jan 6, 2026

Credits

  • Drew Webber (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2025-15364
United States5,171 websites


Germany3,279 websites
Japan3,247 websites
Italy2,223 websites
France1,283 websites
GB1,025 websites
Spain816 websites
Netherlands613 websites
Poland534 websites
Brazil500 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2025-15364
.com8,789 websites
.org2,130 websites
.de2,106 websites
.it1,548 websites
.net830 websites
.jp753 websites
.fr553 websites
.nl528 websites
.co.uk447 websites
.co.jp422 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2025-15364

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2025-15364. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
*****.pl Poland*,***
*******.nagoya Japan*,***
****.pt Portugal**,***
******.com United States**,***
*****.org United States**,***
**********.com United States**,***
**********.com Taiwan**,***
***.**********.**.jp Japan**,***
*********.com United States**,***
**********.com Japan**,***
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FAQ

CVE-2025-15364 is Missing Support for Integrity Check in Download Manager
A total of 26,379 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2025-15364, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Download Manager is affected by the CVE-2025-15364 vulnerability.
Download Manager versions up to and including 3.3.40 are vulnerable to CVE-2025-15364.