CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-20123

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.41%

35th percentile - higher than 35% of all known CVEs

Summary

The 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.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files, including WordPress configuration with database credentials, potentially leading to full site compromise. Exploitation has already been observed in the wild.

Recommendation

Update the Aspose Doc Exporter plugin to version 2.0 or later. If updating is not possible, disable or remove the plugin.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS