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CVE-2020-11738

7.5, high Known exploited

WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability

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CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
98% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
13 Apr 20206 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Nov 2021. US federal agencies had to remediate by 3 May 2022, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

The Snap Creek Duplicator plugin before 1.3.28 for WordPress (and Duplicator Pro before 3.8.7.1) allows Directory Traversal via ../ in the file parameter to duplicator_download or duplicator_init.

Details

Vendor
WordPress
Product
Duplicator
Weakness
CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

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

References 6

Exploit code 3

Advisories 1

Other references 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

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Every WordPress CVE we hold

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  • CVE-2020-25213 WordPress File Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 97% 9.8, critical
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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 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.