Download Manager <= 3.3.30 - Unauthenticated Cron Trigger due to Hardcoded Cron Key

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
CVE CVE-2025-12177
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published November 7, 2025
Last Updated November 8, 2025
Researcher Jack Pas (Dark.)
Description

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a hardcoded Cron key used in the deleteExpired() and clearTempDataCPCron() functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.30. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger these cron jobs leading to deletion of expired posts and clearing cache.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug download-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.30
Patched Version
  • 3.3.31
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