CVE-2026-94590: Sell Downloads vulnerability
medium 6.5 published 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-13
- Affected versions
- 1.2.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.2.4
- Latest version
- 1.2.4
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
- Active installs
- 100+
- Type
- Security issue
What an attacker needs
- Access: None. No account or login is needed (per the CVSS score).
CVSS vector (score by Patchstack): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
What to do now
- Update Sell Downloads to 1.2.4 or newer: Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known Sell Downloads issue.
With WP-CLI:
wp plugin get sell-downloads --field=version. - If you ran an affected version and something looks off (new admin users, spam pages, redirects), run the free scan below.
The advisory
Improper Verification of Source of a Communication Channel vulnerability in CodePeople2 Sell Downloads sell-downloads allows Exploitation of Trusted Credentials.This issue affects Sell Downloads: from n/a through 1.2.3.
References
- NVD CVE-2026-94590 nvd.nist.gov
- Patchstack advisory patchstack.com
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Where this data comes from
- CVE record, score and references: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Versions and install counts: wordpress.org/plugins/sell-downloads (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- The summary, “what an attacker needs” and “what to do” sections are our plain-English reading of the record and the plugin's release history; the quoted description is the record's own text. Spot an error? Email Daniel.