CVE-2025-11701: Zip Attachments <= 1.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Private And Password-Protected Posts Attachment Disclosure

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-10-15 · updated 2026-10-08
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Zip Attachments plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check as well as missing post status validation in the za_create_zip_callback function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download attachments from private and password-protected posts.

Affected products

quicoto Zip Attachments: through 1.6

References

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zip-attachments/tags/1.6/zip-attachments.php#L46
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/zip-attachments/tags/1.6/zip-attachments.php#L95
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e166d52d-73d1-4572-b9cc-ab935b05e13c?source=cve

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