CVE-2015-20123
Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_doc_exporter_download.php
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-22 |
| Vendor | aspose |
| Product | aspose doc exporter |
| Published | Oct 20, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Aspose / Aspose Doc Exporter
1.0 < 2.0
References
exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36559 packetstorm.news: https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131167/ wpscan.com: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/043aa583-a81d-4565-bf65-83252b8f1f96 github.com: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-words-file-download.yaml wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/ vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-doc-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-doc-exporter-download-php
Credits
ACC3SS Ashiyane Digital Security Team 🔍 The Shadowserver Foundation