CVE-2025-2539
File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 20, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 19, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
File Awaythomstark |
|
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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