Simple Download Counter <= 2.0 — Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read
CVE-2025-1730Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.0Update to 2.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Simple Download Counter simple-download-counter
- Affected≤ 2.0
- Patched in2.1
Update to 2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0. Version 2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Simple Download Counter.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Simple Download Counter to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to omstaendlig.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Simple Download Counter
All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'text' Shortcode Attribute ≤2.3Update to 2.3.1 | CVE-2026-4278 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal ≤2.2.2Update to 2.2.3 | CVE-2025-13677 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.2Update to 2.2.1 | CVE-2025-46240 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting 1.6 – 1.6Update to 1.6.1 | CVE-2023-4838 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'text' Shortcode Attribute
≤2.3Update to 2.3.1
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal
≤2.2.2Update to 2.2.3
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.2Update to 2.2.1
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
1.6 – 1.6Update to 1.6.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.