Download Manager <= 3.3.08 - Authenticated (Author+) Path Traversal to Limited File Overwrite

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-1785
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published March 12, 2025
Last Updated March 13, 2025
Researcher zhuxuan wu
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.08
Patched Version
  • 3.3.09
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