# Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy

> The #1 eCommerce plugin to sell digital products & subscriptions. Accept payments with Stripe & PayPal. Sell ebooks, software & more.

Source: https://mcpforwp.com (MCP for WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-03 04:20 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `easy-digital-downloads`
- Author: Syed Balkhi
- Version: 3.7.3
- Active installs: 40,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-02 (1 day ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.7, PHP 8.0
- Tags: digital store, ecommerce, payments, sell digital products, stripe
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 1 day ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.0 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Locked in ↔ Portable, Slow ↔ Responsive, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Steep ↔ Easy, Cluttered ↔ Clean.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-11-03 HIGH: Authentication bypass leading to administrator account takeover (up to 3.7.2). CVE-2026-120538, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f4250328-6d6c-4eb1-9ef2-334774c1d337?source=cve
- 2026-10-26 MEDIUM: Race Condition (up to 3.7.1). CVE-2026-116403, https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-digital-downloads/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-digital-downloads-plugin-3-7-1-race-condition-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- 2026-10-10 HIGH: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 3.6.9). CVE-2026-14335, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eea7ddc4-b3fb-4bad-9acc-9d913ecb8e1b?source=cve
- 2026-10-06 HIGH: Missing Authorization (up to 3.7.1). CVE-2026-42638, https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-digital-downloads/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-digital-downloads-plugin-3-7-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- 2026-09-23 HIGH: Shop manager SQL Injection (up to 3.7.0). CVE-2026-95522, https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-digital-downloads/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-digital-downloads-plugin-3-7-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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