PT-2025-11160 · WordPress · Download Manager

Zhuxuan Wu · Published 2025-03-13 · Updated 2025-03-13 · CVE-2025-1785

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Download Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.3.08

Description: The issue allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to overwrite certain file types outside the original directory via the wpdm newfile action, potentially causing a denial of service. This is a result of a Directory Traversal vulnerability.

Recommendations: For Download Manager plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.3.08, update to a version later than 3.3.08 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the wpdm newfile action to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-1785

Affected Products

Download Manager

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1785 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3252990%40download-manager&new=3252990%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file4 · Patch
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19032 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc5c7974-4c10-4880-8823-2accee3c0da4?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/20204 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114573 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1900092075019772407 · Twitter Post