# CVE-2020-11738: WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download

> An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server via directory traversal in the Snap Creek Duplicator WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 3 Nov 2021 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 12 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfr8-hp36-c4v2

## What is CVE-2020-11738?

CVE-2020-11738 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Snap Creek Duplicator plugin before 1.3.28 for WordPress (and Duplicator Pro before 3.8.7.1) allows Directory Traversal via ../ in the file parameter to duplicator_download or duplicator_init.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11738?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Awesomemotive Duplicator.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-11738?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-11738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.

## Is CVE-2020-11738 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-11738 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Duplicator File Read Vulnerability (metasploit)
- Wordpress Plugin Duplicator 1.3.26 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read (exploitdb)
- snapcreek_duplicator file read vulnerability https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2020-11738/ (github_poc): https://github.com/raghu66669999/wordpress-snapcreek
- WordPress Duplicator 1.3.24 & 1.3.26 - Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-11738.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-25095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-25095/): Duplicator < 1.3.0 - Unauthenticated RCE (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-17207](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17207/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-6114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6114/): Duplicator < 1.5.7.1; Duplicator Pro < 4.5.14.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-2551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2551/): Duplicator < 1.4.7 - Unauthenticated Backup Download (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-33309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33309/): WordPress Duplicator Pro Plugin <= 4.5.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-11738 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-11738 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-11738 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11738/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11738/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11738
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11738
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11738

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