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CVE-2025-2267: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP01 plugin for WordPress contains an Arbitrary File Download vulnerability (CVE-2025-2267) affecting all versions up to and including 2.6.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 14, 2025, by security researcher theviper17y. The issue affects the WordPress WP01 plugin, which has been temporarily closed pending a full security review (WordPress Plugin, NVD Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from a missing capability check and insufficient restrictions on the make_archive() function. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) (NVD Database, Wordfence Intel).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to download and read the contents of arbitrary files on the server. This access could expose sensitive information stored on the server (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

The plugin has been temporarily closed as of March 14, 2025, pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version is released (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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