# Email Before Download

> Email Before Download (EBD) presents your users with a form where they submit information, like their name and email address, prior to receiving a dow …

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `email-before-download`
- Author: ashokaggarwal
- Version: 6.9.8
- Active installs: 5,000+
- Last update: 2024-06-17 (2 years ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress not given (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress any, PHP any
- Tags: download, email
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/email-before-download/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- FLAG: Not updated in over a year (last update 2024-06-17).
- FLAG: No "tested up to" WordPress version given.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Leaky ↔ Spam-proof, Flaky ↔ Reliable, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Phones home ↔ Private, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Vague docs ↔ Clear docs.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-01-30 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 6.9.7). CVE-2024-23519, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa918a65-0021-4c32-9f6d-d978926c3ef3?source=api-prod
- 2021-11-01 HIGH: Admin+ SQL Injection (up to 6.7). CVE-2021-24748, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f08ad322-6458-4608-b53a-6aaed38a9ef2?source=api-prod
- 2017-06-21 MEDIUM: SMTP Header Injection (up to 3.6). WF-52dc69e7-d4c0-492e-a334-54464fc963fd, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52dc69e7-d4c0-492e-a334-54464fc963fd?source=api-prod
- 2017-06-21 CRITICAL: SQL Injection (before 4.0). WF-bbeb32a8-5acf-4a68-859d-98652e8ff5d1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbeb32a8-5acf-4a68-859d-98652e8ff5d1?source=api-prod
- 2015-07-28 CRITICAL: SQL Injection (up to 3.4). WF-743d7370-cf33-481c-8d0a-c6f969e38b42, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/743d7370-cf33-481c-8d0a-c6f969e38b42?source=api-prod

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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