CVE-2025-60242
WordPress Download Counter plugin <= 1.4 - Arbitrary File Download vulnerability
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Anatoly Download Counter download-counter allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Download Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.5
WordPress Download Counter plugin <= 1.4 - Arbitrary File Download vulnerability
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Anatoly Download Counter download-counter allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Download Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-60242- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-38105
7.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Anatoly Download Counter download-counter allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Download Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.
- Record
EUVD-2025-38105- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-575h-jw7h-9pjq
7.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in...
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Anatoly Download Counter download-counter allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Download Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.
- Record
GHSA-575h-jw7h-9pjq- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.5
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Anatoly Download Counter download-counter allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Download Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.
- Record
CVE-2025-60242- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-60242 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Anatoly Download Counter, published November 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/download-counter/vulnerability/wordpress-download-counter-plugin-1-4-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60242
vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/download-counter/vulnerability/wordpress-download-counter-plugin-1-4-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability
vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/download-counter/vulnerability/wordpress-download-counter-plugin-1-4-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-575h-jw7h-9pjq