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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-16608 — The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary download log entries and infla

[NVD] CVE-2026-16608 — The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary download log entries and infla

mednvdPublished 2026-08-08

CVE-2026-16608 CVSS: None Published: 2026-08-08T07:17:11.120

The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform authorization checks on one of its download-logging AJAX actions, and exposes the nonce protecting it to unauthenticated visitors, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary download log entries and inflate a site's download statistics.

Indicators of compromise

CVE-2026-16608cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16608