CVE-2025-13677 json
Simple Download Counter <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal
published 2025-12-10 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2025-202392
- cvss
- 4.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This is due to insufficient path validation in the `simple_download_counter_parse_path()` function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which may contain sensitive information such as database credentials (wp-config.php) or system files. Please note that the vendor opted to continue to allow remote file downloads from arbitrary locations on the server, however, has disabled this functionality on multi-sites and provided a warning to site owners in the readme.txt when they install the plugin. While not an optimal patch, we have considered this sufficient and recommend users proceed to use the plugin with caution.
Patch / fix
- plugin-planet simple_download_counter 2.2.3
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- specialk Simple Download Counter
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b82a0f71-29d7-469a-8c69-5ab68d599cb9?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/simple-download-counter/trunk/inc/functions-admin.php#L566
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.2.2/inc/functions-admin.php#L566
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3409876%40simple-download-counter&new=3409876%40simple-download
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-13677
- NVD CVE-2025-13677
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