CVE-2015-20123: aspose aspose doc exporter Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-20123 is a high (CVSS 8.7) Path Traversal vulnerability in aspose aspose doc exporter. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.

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.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.