CVE-2016-20103 Cherry Plugin for WordPress < 1.2.7 Path Traversal via download-content.php
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-20103?
CVE-2016-20103 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cherry Plugin, published on 20 Oct 2026.
Official description
Cherry Plugin for WordPress before 1.2.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the 'file' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /admin/import-export/download-content.php with traversal sequences like ../../../../../wp-config.php to read database credentials, since the script passes input directly to readfile(). Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-20103?
How do I fix CVE-2016-20103?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-20103 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-20103 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2016-20103 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f9fh-3wgw-qrqr.