CVE-2015-20125: high-severity vulnerability in Aspose PDF Exporter
Aspose PDF Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php
Published
63Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actcvss 8.7epss 0.4%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDOct 20
VulnCheckOct 20
exploitation probability
0.4%top 65% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
1 public exploit(s)
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Aspose · Aspose PDF Exporterpublic PoCs found — 1
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References
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-pdf-file-download.yamlhttps://packetstorm.news/files/id/131161/https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1127209/aspose-pdf-exporterhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-pdf-exporter/https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51dd0b6b-ba90-47e2-ad80-56b3e122bfd4https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-pdf-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-pdf-exporter-download-php