CVE-2015-20123
Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_doc_exporter_download.php
Aspose Aspose Doc Exporter
CVSS
8.7HighExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.41%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
What fixes it
- 2.0Aspose Doc ExporterCVE List
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Description
Aspose Doc Exporter plugin for WordPress before 2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files by passing unsanitized paths to readfile(). Attackers can send GET requests to aspose_doc_exporter_download.php with the 'file' parameter set to values like ../../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-23.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Aspose Doc Exporteraffected: 1.0 before 2.0CVE List
References 6
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/043aa583-a81d-4565-bf65-83252b8f1f96Advisoryvia CVE List
- vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-doc-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-doc-exporter-download-phpAdvisoryvia CVE List
- exploit-db.com/exploits/36559Exploitvia CVE List
- packetstorm.news/files/id/131167/Exploitvia CVE List
- github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-words-file-download.yamlReferencevia CVE List
- wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/Referencevia CVE List