CVE-2025-1730mediumCWE-73

CVE-2025-1730: medium-severity vulnerability in specialk Simple Download Counter

Simple Download Counter <= 2.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read

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13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.5epss 0.4%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
specialk · Simple Download Counter
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