Lana Downloads Manager <= 1.9.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.10.0
- Affected Plugin
- Lana Downloads Manager
- Affected Version
<= 1.9.0- CVSS
- 4.9Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2025-2048
At a glance
CVE-2025-2048 is a medium-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Lana Downloads Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.9.0. It carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.10.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2025, reported by Bruno Oliveira.
Vulnerability Overview
The Lana Downloads Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to perform actions on files outside of the originally intended directory.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Reaching this weakness in Lana Downloads Manager <= 1.9.0 takes an account at Admin level or above. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Lana Downloads Manager the fix is 1.10.0: builds <= 1.9.0 are affected, anything from 1.10.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.10.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Admin access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Lana Downloads Manager 1.10.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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