Simple Download Counter <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read

External Control of File Name or Path
CVE CVE-2025-1730
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published February 28, 2025
Last Updated March 1, 2025
Researcher omstaendlig
Description

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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-download-counter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0
Patched Version
  • 2.1
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