CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-20124

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.39%

32th percentile - higher than 32% of all known CVEs

Summary

Aspose Importer & Exporter plugin for WordPress before 3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the unsanitized 'file' parameter in aspose_import_export_download.php.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can read wp-config.php and other files, exposing database credentials and enabling takeover of the WordPress site.

Recommendation

Upgrade the Aspose Importer & Exporter plugin to version 3.0 or later and secure or remove the vulnerable aspose_import_export_download.php script.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Aspose Importer & Exporter plugin for WordPress before 3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the unsanitized 'file' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to aspose_import_export_download.php with traversal sequences like ../../../wp-config.php to read database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-20.

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