Description
The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the download_plugin_bulk and download_theme_bulk functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to archive all the sites plugins and themes and place them in the `wp-content/uploads/` directory via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Problem types
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-12-10: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-12-16: | Disclosed |
Credits
Lorenzo Franchini
References
www.wordfence.com/...-004b-4b92-88d7-3d331fa58c11?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...484/download-plugins-dashboard
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