Lester Chan WP-DownloadManager Plugin up to 1.68.10 on WordPress path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lester Chan WP-DownloadManager Plugin up to 1.68.10 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-4798. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Lester Chan WP-DownloadManager Plugin up to 1.68.10 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. 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.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-4798 since 05/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

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). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Lester Chan

Name

• 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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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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