CVE-2015-20125

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.

CVSS 4.0

8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 35% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-22

Published

2026-10-20

Modified

2026-10-22

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-23

References

• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-pdf-file-download.yaml
• https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131161/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1127209/aspose-pdf-exporter
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-pdf-exporter/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51dd0b6b-ba90-47e2-ad80-56b3e122bfd4

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