CVE-2015-20125

EUVD-2015-9431

20.10.2026, 21:17

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.

Path Traversal

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.5 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 34.34%

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

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