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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspose | Aspose Doc Exporter | 1.0 – < 2.0 | 2.0 |
References
- EDB-36559 exploit
- Packet Storm 131167 exploit
- WPScan Advisory third-party-advisory
- Nuclei Template technical-description
- WordPress Download Page product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress Plugin < 2.0 Path Traversal via aspose_doc_exporter_download.php third-party-advisory