CVE-2025-12177CWE-321

CVE-2025-12177

Medium · published November 8, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Download Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a hardcoded Cron key used in the deleteExpired() and clearTempDataCPCron() functions in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.30. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger these cron jobs leading to deletion of expired posts and clearing cache.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00240 · 14.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-321 · Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Published
2025-11-08T09:15Z
References (2)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3390068%40download-manager&new=3390068%40download-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17d5253c-5000-40c7-a7fd-f75d4badfb5e?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 NOV 03:27Z
    Download Manager <= 3.3.30 - Unauthenticated Cron Trigger due to Hardcoded Cron Key
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