CVE-2015-20125

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.

Score

CVSS 4.0 8.7 High

Status

Deferred - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-10-20

Last modified

2026-10-28

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Aspose Pdf Exporter (Aspose)

References

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