---
id: "CVE-2015-20123"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2015-20123"]
title: "WordPress Aspose Doc Exporter: unauthenticated file read exposes wp-config.php"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.7
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "php", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "plugin-version-2.0-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-10-20T21:17:12+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:21+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T22:37:18+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20123", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:21+00:00"}]
---

# WordPress Aspose Doc Exporter: unauthenticated file read exposes wp-config.php

The Aspose Doc Exporter WordPress plugin before 2.0 passes unsanitized paths to readfile(), so anyone can request arbitrary files. A GET request with a traversal path such as ../../../wp-config.php returns database credentials.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

Check whether the plugin folder wp-content/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter exists and read its version.
Request https://your-site/wp-content/plugins/aspose-doc-exporter/aspose_doc_exporter_download.php and see whether it responds.

## Fix

Remove the Aspose Doc Exporter plugin or update to version 2.0 or later.
After updating or removing, rotate database credentials if the plugin was exposed.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:21+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20123

## From the sources

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.

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