CVE Alert: CVE-2025-1730
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-1730
The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the ‘simple_download_counter_download_handler’. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including any local file on the server, such as wp-config.php or /etc/passwd.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
3/1/2025, 7:15:11 AM
⚠️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedReferences:
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.0/inc/functions-core.php#L328
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.0/inc/functions-core.php#L354
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247987/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0eafb20-4ef2-448b-9da7-ad8aa9e45215?source=cve
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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