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CVE-2015-20125: Aspose PDF Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_pdf_exporter_download.php

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-20 · updated 2026-10-28
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

• Aspose PDF Exporter: from 1.0 before 2.0 — fixed in 2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Aspose PDF Exporter 2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-pdf-file-download.yaml
• https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131161/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1127209/aspose-pdf-exporter
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-pdf-exporter/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51dd0b6b-ba90-47e2-ad80-56b3e122bfd4
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-pdf-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-pdf-exporter-download-php

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