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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Metasploit 1 module
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WordPress Duplicator File Read Vulnerability
auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_duplicator_file_read
Exploit-DB 1
- Wordpress Plugin Duplicator 1.3.26 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read EDB-50420 · webapps · Oct 18, 2021
GitHub 1 repository
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raghu66669999/wordpress-snapcreek ★ 0 · Jun 15, 2024
snapcreek_duplicator file read vulnerability https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2020-11738/
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- WordPress Duplicator 1.3.24 & 1.3.26 - Local File Inclusion http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-11738.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
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