Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 1, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2025-1730
CVE-2025-1730
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.0
- Range: <=2.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.0/inc/functions-core.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-download-counter/tags/2.0/inc/functions-core.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3247987/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0eafb20-4ef2-448b-9da7-ad8aa9e45215nvd
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