CVE-2025-1730 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5