Is Download Counter safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. The latest version (1.4) has 1 known unpatched vulnerability. As of 2026-11-04, the sources we check list the newest release of Download Counter as affected and name no fixed version yet. Keep Download Counter on the latest version (1.4) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Download Counter are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Path traversal / file read (1.4 and older); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (1.3 and older, fixed in 1.4). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Download Counter?

1.4, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2025-08-04). It has 30+ active installs.

What should I do if my Download Counter is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update download-counter). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · download-counter · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Download Counter safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 1.4
Last updated: 2025-08-04
Active installs: 30+
Known issues on record: 2
Unpatched in latest: 1
Tested up to WP: 6.7.11 · PHP 5.6.8+

Counts the number of downloads for files and displays a table with the results. — by Anatoly

What to do

There is no fixed version yet. If you can live without Download Counter for now, deactivate it and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
If you must keep it, limit who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
Watch for an update: get an email when this page changes.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get download-counter --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update download-counter updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

high 7.5 affects latest 1.4 CVE-2025-60242 · published 2025-11-06

Path traversal / file read in Download Counter (1.4 and older)

Affected: 1.4 and older
Fixed in: no fix listed yet
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Anatoly Download Counter download-counter allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Download Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.

NVD CVE-2025-60242 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2025-8294 · published 2025-08-05

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Download Counter (1.3 and older)

Affected: 1.3 and older
Fixed in: 1.4 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

NVD CVE-2025-8294 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)wordpress.org

Recent activity

2025-08-04 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.4).
2025-11-06 — Path traversal / file read disclosed (CVE-2025-60242), no fix listed yet.
2025-08-05 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-8294), fixed in 1.4.

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Browse vulnerabilities

Types found in this plugin: Path traversal and file read (1) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/download-counter (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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