CVE-2013-5098

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/admin.php in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.6.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-3262.

Published: 2013-08-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-5098 is rated Moderate Risk (46/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.96%). EPSS rose +1.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5098

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.29% 1.96% +1.67%
2 2025-03-30 3.25% 0.29% -2.96%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.25% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5098

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5098

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mikejolley download_monitor <= 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
mikejolley download_monitor 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
mikejolley download_monitor 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
mikejolley download_monitor 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
mikejolley download_monitor 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
mikejolley download_monitor 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
mikejolley download_monitor 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5098

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