WordPress plugin · simple-download-monitor
Is Simple Download Monitor safe?
Safe on 4.1.3 or newer.
The current version, 4.1.3, is past every affected range on record (15 of 15 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 15
- High or critical
- 5
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 4.1.3
- Last updated
- Oct 27, 2026
- Active installs
- 20,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Feb 27, 2026Simple Download Monitor: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-2383 · affects up to 4.0.5 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Aug 28, 2025Simple Download Monitor: Time-based SQL InjectionCVE-2025-8977 · affects up to 3.9.33 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.5
- Aug 27, 2025Simple Download Monitor: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-58197 · affects up to 3.9.34 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Jan 24, 2025Simple Download Monitor: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2025-24663 · affects up to 3.9.25 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.6
- Mar 14, 2022Simple Download Monitor: Allows users with a roleCVE-2021-24692 · fixed in 3.9.5 · reported by WPScan1.4% oddsMedium 6.5
- Jan 24, 2022Simple Download Monitor: Does not enforce nonce checksCVE-2021-24696 · fixed in 3.9.9 · reported by WPScanHigh 8.8
- Jan 24, 2022Simple Download Monitor: Could allow users with a roleCVE-2021-24694 · fixed in 3.9.11 · reported by WPScanMedium 5.4
- Nov 8, 2021Simple Download Monitor: Allows users with a roleCVE-2021-24698 · fixed in 3.9.6 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.3
- Nov 8, 2021Simple Download Monitor: Does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributesCVE-2021-24697 · fixed in 3.9.5 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
- Nov 8, 2021Simple Download Monitor: Saves logs in a predictable locationCVE-2021-24695 · fixed in 3.9.6 · reported by WPScan1.7% oddsHigh 7.5
- Nov 8, 2021Simple Download Monitor: Does not escape the "File Thumbnail" post meta before outputting it in some pagesCVE-2021-24693 · fixed in 3.9.5 · reported by WPScan1.3% oddsCritical 9
- Oct 21, 2020Simple Download Monitor 3.8.8 and earlier: SQL injectionCVE-2020-5651 · affects up to 3.8.8 · reported by vultures@jpcert.or.jp1.5% oddsHigh 8.8
- Oct 21, 2020Simple Download Monitor 3.8.8 and earlier: Cross-site scriptingCVE-2020-5650 · affects up to 3.8.8 · reported by vultures@jpcert.or.jpMedium 6.1
- Jan 4, 2018The Simple Download Monitor plugin before 3.5.4 for WordPress has XSS via the sdm_upload (aka Downloadable File) parameter in an edit action to wp-admin/post.phCVE-2018-5213 · fixed in 3.5.4 · reported by MITRE1.0% oddsMedium 5.4
- Jan 4, 2018The Simple Download Monitor plugin before 3.5.4 for WordPress has XSS via the sdm_upload_thumbnail (aka File Thumbnail) parameter in an edit action to wp-admin/CVE-2018-5212 · fixed in 3.5.4 · reported by MITRE1.0% oddsMedium 5.4
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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