Lester Chan WP-DownloadManager Plugin up to 1.68.10 on WordPress wp-config.php denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Lester Chan WP-DownloadManager Plugin up to 1.68.10 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file wp-config.php. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-4798. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Lester Chan WP-DownloadManager Plugin up to 1.68.10 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-4798 since 05/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-config.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18084). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Lester Chan

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• WP-DownloadManager Plugin

Version

• 1.68.0
• 1.68.1
• 1.68.2
• 1.68.3
• 1.68.4
• 1.68.5
• 1.68.6
• 1.68.7
• 1.68.8
• 1.68.9
• 1.68.10

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