CVE-2015-20125
Aspose PDF Exporter plugin for WordPress before 2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that…
- Risk score
- 57/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.4%
- Published
- 20 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Aspose PDF Exporter plugin for WordPress before 2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download files through the unsanitized 'file' parameter passed to readfile(). Attackers can send GET requests to aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php with traversal sequences like ../../../w…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 2.0 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-pdf-file-download.yaml
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131161/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1127209/aspose-pdf-exporter
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-pdf-exporter/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51dd0b6b-ba90-47e2-ad80-56b3e122bfd4
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-pdf-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-pdf-exporter-download-php
Original description
Aspose PDF Exporter plugin for WordPress before 2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download files through the unsanitized 'file' parameter passed to readfile(). Attackers can send GET requests to aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php with traversal sequences like ../../../wp-config.php to retrieve WordPress database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
Last activity 20 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.