CVE-2015-20123
HIGH
CVSS 7.5
Published: 2026-10-20
Modified: 2026-10-20
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Description
Aspose Doc Exporter plugin for WordPress before 2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files by passing unsanitized paths to readfile(). Attackers can send GET requests to aspose_doc_exporter_download.php with the 'file' parameter set to values like ../../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-23.
Quick Facts
| CVE ID | CVE-2015-20123 |
| CVSS Score | 7.5 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Published | 2026-10-20 |
| Exploited | No |
| CISA KEV | No |
| PoC | Not public |
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/ma…
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131167/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/043aa583-a81d-4565-bf65-832…
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36559
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-doc-exporter-wor…