What is CVE-2025-1785?

CVE-2025-1785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codename065 Download Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-1785?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Codename065 Download Manager

CVE-2025-1785

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.08 via the 'wpdm_newfile' action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to overwrite select file types outside of the originally intended directory, which may cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Codename065 Download Manager — versions 0
W3eden Download_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-1785?: CVE-2025-1785 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codename065 Download Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-1785?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.