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CVE-2020-11738: WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
• EPSS: 97.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Snap Creek Duplicator plugin before 1.3.28 for WordPress (and Duplicator Pro before 3.8.7.1) allows Directory Traversal via ../ in the file parameter to duplicator_download or duplicator_init.

Affected products

• Duplicator: before 1.3.28; before 3.8.7.1 — fixed in 1.3.28, 3.8.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Duplicator 1.3.28, 3.8.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html
• https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html
• https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11738

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