CVE-2025-1730

Published: Mar 1, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-73

External Control of File Name or Path

The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations.

References (4)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.0/inc/functions-core.php#L328

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.0/inc/functions-core.php#L354

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247987/

Source: security@wordfence.com

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0eafb20-4ef2-448b-9da7-ad8aa9e45215?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

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