A AegiFlow
HIGHCVSS 8.7

CVE-2015-20125

CVE-2015-20125 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-10-30
Sources
nvd

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(). 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.

References

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