CVE-2025-1785

low-risk
Published 2025-03-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.98% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.4/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

W3Eden

References (2)

Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc5c7974-4c10-4880-882...
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low-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal