File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
CVE CVE-2025-2539
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published March 19, 2025
Last Updated March 24, 2025
Researcher Sélim Lanouar (whattheslime)
Description

The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, leveraging the use of a reversible weak algorithm, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug file-away (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 3.9.9.0.1
Patched Version
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