# CVE-2020-11738: 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 f

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2021-11-03, remediation due 2022-05-03
- Published: 2020-04-13 · Updated: 2026-01-12

## Summary

The Duplicator plugin for WordPress, including its Pro edition, is affected. An attacker could use crafted file paths to access files outside the intended directory on the affected website, potentially exposing sensitive data.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html

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