CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-6586
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-434
Description
The Download Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the dpwap_plugin_locInstall function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Affected configurations
• metagauss download plugin (< 2.2.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness
References
- https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-6586 github.com
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/tags/2.2.8/app/Plugins/Dpwapuploader.php#L300 Product
- https://ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-6586/ ryankozak.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37734c25-cce3-41fb-babf-714ba7a4bced?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-6586 github.com
- https://ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-6586/ ryankozak.com