CVE-2025-2539
File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
- Published
- Mar 20, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Evidence observed
- Aug 7, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 76.6%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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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.
Sources
http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-2539.yaml
Nuclei TemplatesDeclared conditions
- network: http($.protocol_keys)
- verification: regex,word($.matchers[*].type)
- CVE-2025-2539Exploit
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-2539 targeting WordPress File Away plugin. Exploits missing capability check and weak algorithm to read arbitrary server files.
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