CVE-2025-1785

HIGH EPSS 45.0%
Published Mar 13, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Mar 13, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.08 via the 'wpdm_newfile' action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to overwrite select file types outside of the originally intended directory, which may cause a denial of service.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.1
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
45.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
w3edendownload_manager* <3.3.09

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3252990%40download-manager&new=3252990%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc5c7974-4c10-4880-8823-2accee3c0da4?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3252990%40download-manager&new=3252990%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4
    Patch