What is CVE-2025-13498?

CVE-2025-13498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codename065 Download Manager, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-18.

How severe is CVE-2025-13498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Codename065 Download Manager

CVE-2025-13498

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of sensitive information in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.32. This is due to missing authorization and capability checks on the `wpdm_media_access` AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve passwords and access control settings for protected media attachments, which can then be used to bypass the intended media protection and download restricted files.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Codename065 Download Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13498?: CVE-2025-13498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codename065 Download Manager, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-18.
How severe is CVE-2025-13498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.