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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-8031

The Secure Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 is vulnerable does not properly restrict which files can be downloaded.

Published May 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 17, 2025 · Unknown Secure Downloads

Check this week

CVE-2024-8031 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 53.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Secure Downloads.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
53.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Secure Downloads 0 <1.2.3

The Secure Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 is vulnerable does not properly restrict which files can be downloaded. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin-level access and above, to download arbitrary files that may contain sensitive information like wp-config.php.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown Secure Downloads 0 <1.2.30 <1.2.3

How to fix CVE-2024-8031

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-8031 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 53.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Unknown Secure Downloads.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Secure Downloads 0 <1.2.3 0 <1.2.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 53.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Secure Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 is vulnerable does not properly restrict which files can be downloaded. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin-level access and above, to download arbitrary files that may contain sensitive information like wp-config.php.

  2. May 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Secure Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 is vulnerable does not properly restrict which files can be downloaded. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin-level access and above, to download arbitrary files that may contain sensitive information like wp-config.php.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-8031

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15257

    The Secure Downloads WordPress plugin before 1.2.3 is vulnerable does not properly restrict which files can be downloaded. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with admin-level access and above, to download arbitrary files that may contain sensitive information lik

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.