{"id":"CVE-2015-20123","title":"Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_doc_exporter_download.php","summary":"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 …","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-22"],"vendor":"Aspose","product":"Aspose Doc Exporter","affected":["doc_exporter >= 1.0 < 2.0"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-27T11:04:20.342799Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"published":"2026-10-20","updated":"2026-10-27","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-27T11:04:49.594Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-20123","references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36559","label":"EDB-36559"},{"url":"https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131167/","label":"Packet Storm 131167"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/043aa583-a81d-4565-bf65-83252b8f1f96","label":"WPScan Advisory"},{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-words-file-download.yaml","label":"Nuclei Template"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/","label":"WordPress Download Page"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-doc-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-doc-exporter-download-php","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_doc_exporter_download.php"}],"tags":["cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00412,"epssPercentile":0.35306,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T21:19:21.264Z","slug":"CVE-2015-20123","body":"## Overview\n\nAspose 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `doc_exporter >= 1.0 < 2.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":53,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":229887,"id":"CVE-2015-20123","ts":1793117590111,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}