CVE-2025-2539

Summary

The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, leveraging the use of a reversible weak algorithm, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-327: CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b23bd5c-db27-4d63-8461-1f36958a2ff6?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-away/trunk/lib/cls/class.fileaway_stats.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/file-away/trunk/lib/cls/class.fileaway_encrypted.php
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-away/#developers
• https://github.com/whattheslime/file-away-exploit?tab=readme-ov-file

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