CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-20125

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

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() in aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

Upgrade the Aspose PDF Exporter plugin to version 2.0 or later and secure or remove the vulnerable aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php script.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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