CVE-2015-20123 Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_doc_exporter_download.php
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-20123?
CVE-2015-20123 is a high-severity vulnerability in Aspose Doc Exporter, published on 20 Oct 2026.
Official description
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 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-20123?
How do I fix CVE-2015-20123?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-20123 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2015-20123 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2015-20123 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fv35-wmpq-m6x4.