# CVE-2025-4798: WP-DownloadManager <= 1.68.10 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Read

> Administrators can read arbitrary server files due to unrestricted download directory selection in WP-DownloadManager.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qm4v-488r-489w

## What is CVE-2025-4798?

CVE-2025-4798 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in gamerz WP-DownloadManager, published on 11 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP-DownloadManager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.68.10. This is due to a lack of restriction on the directory an administrator can select for storing downloads. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to download and read any file on the server, including system and configuration files.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4798?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Downloadmanager Project Wp-Downloadmanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4798?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4798 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4798 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4798 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in gamerz WP-DownloadManager

- [CVE-2025-4799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4799/): WP-DownloadManager <= 1.68.10 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Deletion (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-24141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24141/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-25606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25606/): Cross-site scripting in WP-DownloadManager (WordPress) (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-44760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44760/): WordPress WP-DownloadManager plugin <= 1.68.6 - Auth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2022-25605](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25605/): Cross-site scripting in WP-DownloadManager (WordPress) (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4798 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4798 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in gamerz WP-DownloadManager, published on 11 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4798 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: gamerz WP-DownloadManager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4798/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4798/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4798
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4798
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4798

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4798/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.