Download Manager <= 3.3.08 - Authenticated (Author+) Path Traversal to Limited File Overwrite

published 2025-03-13 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-6256

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.08 via the 'wpdm_newfile' action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to overwrite select file types outside of the originally intended directory, which may cause a denial of service.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3 links 1

w3eden download_manager 3.3.09
wpdownloadmanager download_manager 3.3.09
wpdownloadmanager wordpress_download_manager 3.3.09

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3252990%40do… patch

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-13)

Exploit prediction

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

codename065 Download Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-1785
NVD CVE-2025-1785

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary