Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2015-20125

TLP:CLEAR

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: Aspose
  • Product: Aspose PDF Exporter
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 0.4 %
  • First known exploitation: 20 October 2026
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 20 October 2026

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD