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CVE-2015-20125

7.5, high

Aspose PDF Exporter Path Traversal Vulnerability

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
n/a
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
20 Oct 2026yesterday

Description

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.

Details

Vendor
Aspose
Product
Aspose PDF Exporter
Weakness
CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Received
Updated
20 Oct 2026
Assigner
disclosure@vulncheck.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References 6

Other references 6

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 21 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.