What is CVE-2024-12875?

CVE-2024-12875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-12875?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12875 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads

CVE-2024-12875

The Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2 via the file download functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12875?: CVE-2024-12875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Awesomemotive Easy Digital Downloads, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2024-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-12875?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12875 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.