WP-DownloadManager <= 1.68.10 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read

Description

The WP-DownloadManager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.68.10. This is due to a lack of restriction on the directory an administrator can select for storing downloads. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download and read any file on the server, including system and configuration files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• gamerz · WP-DownloadManager

  • affected ≤ 1.68.10

References (4)

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6cd166bc-774e-4083-b5f7-bffba1f7c293?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-downloadmanager/trunk/download-options.php#L16 (opens in a new tab)
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-downloadmanager/trunk/download-options.php#L42 (opens in a new tab)
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3294467/ (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2025-4798](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2025-4798.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-4798)

Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 16:59 UTC.