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CVE-2024-12875: Easy Digital Downloads <= 3.3.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

The Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.2 via the file download functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• smub Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy: before 3.3.3 — fixed in 3.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: smub Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 3.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3131805/easy-digital-downloads/tags/3.3.3/includes/process-download.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec065da7-b8aa-414d-9673-5caf87ad45b5?source=cve

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