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WordPress Plugin: download-plugin: CVE-2021-25059: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Published

Nov 2, 2022

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

May 5, 2026

Description

The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.6.2 due to missing capability checks on the dpwap_plugin_multiple_download_func function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level attackers to create and download arbitrary content as backup zip files in the wp-content folder.

Solution

download-plugin-plugin-cve-2021-25059

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25059
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/634bec5f-e511-4047-9a46-09147ccc3a25?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11971
CVE-2021-25059
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-25059
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11971

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