CVE-2025-2539 json
File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
published 2025-03-20 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-6807
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.7%
- EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, leveraging the use of a reversible weak algorithm, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read nuclei detection template
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- thomstark File Away
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
- Technology feeds
References
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b23bd5c-db27-4d63-8461-1f36958a2ff6?source=cve
third-party-advisory
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/file-away/trunk/lib/cls/class.fileaway_stats.php
product
-
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/file-away/trunk/lib/cls/class.fileaway_encrypted.php
product
-
wordpress.org
/plugins/file-away/#developers
product
- github.com /whattheslime/file-away-exploit?tab=readme-ov-file
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-2539
- NVD CVE-2025-2539
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