CVE-2015-20125CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2015-20125

High · published October 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · 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
EPSS
0.00412 · 34.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-10-21T01:17Z
References (6)
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-pdf-file-download.yaml · [email protected]https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131161/ · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1127209/aspose-pdf-exporter · [email protected]https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-pdf-exporter/ · [email protected]https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51dd0b6b-ba90-47e2-ad80-56b3e122bfd4 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-pdf-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-pdf-exporter-download-php · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 03:07Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 20 OCT 20:31Z
    Aspose PDF Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php
    cvelistv5
  • 20 OCT 20:31Z
    Aspose PDF Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php
    cvelistv5