CVE-2025-2539 PoC — File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-2539.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title:File Away <= 3.9.9.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2025-2539)
Description:The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, leveraging the use of a reversible weak algorithm, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Description

The File Away plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.9.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, leveraging the use of a reversible weak algorithm,  to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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