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CVE-2015-20125

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 77/100
Published: 2026-10-20 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
AT: None
VC: High
VI: None
VA: None

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
Aspose Aspose PDF Exporter 1.0 < 2.0
Aspose Aspose PDF Exporter 1.0 < 2.0

References & Advisories (6)

Bug Bounty Relevance

77 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.41%
Raw Score 0.004120
Percentile 35.4%
Date 2026-10-29

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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