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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-13677

The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2.

Published Dec 10, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · The Simple Download Counter

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13677. EPSS is 0.52%. Act only if a listed version of The Simple Download Counter is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (The Simple Download Counter).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.52%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This is due to insufficient path validation in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which may contain sensitive information such as database credentials (wp-config.php) or system files. Please note that the vendor opted to continue to allow remote file downloads from arbitrary locations on the server, however, has disabled this functionality on multi-sites and provided a warning to site owners in the readme.txt when they install the plugin. While not an optimal patch, we have considered this sufficient and recommend users proceed to use the plugin with caution.

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.

  • stated named in the record<= 2.2.2

How to fix CVE-2025-13677

What to do

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

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13677. EPSS is 0.52%. Act only if a listed version of The Simple Download Counter is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 2.2.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.52%. 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.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 10, 2025 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This is due to insufficient path validation in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which may contain sensitive information such as database creden

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This is due to insufficient path validation in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which may contain sensitive information such as database creden

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13677

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-13677

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13677

    The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This is due to insufficient path validation in the function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, wi

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.