CVE-2016-20103

Cherry Plugin for WordPress before 1.2.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the 'file' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /admin/import-export/download-content.php with traversal sequences like ../../../../../wp-config.php to read database credentials, since the script passes input directly to readfile(). 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

• Cherry Plugin (Cherry Team)

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/90034817-dee7-40c9-80a2-1f1cd1d033ee
• https://github.com/CherryFramework/cherry-plugin/commit/69a3f7b
• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/cherry-file-download.yaml
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cherry-plugin-for-wordpress-1.2.7-path-traversal-via-download-content-php
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/90034817-dee7-40c9-80a2-1f1cd1d033ee/