CVE-2016-20103
Cherry Plugin for WordPress < 1.2.7 Path Traversal via download-content.php
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- Oct 20, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 14, 2026
Description
Cherry Plugin for WordPress before 1.2.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the 'file' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /admin/import-export/download-content.php with traversal sequences like ../../../../../wp-config.php to read database credentials, since the script passes input directly to readfile(). Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Cherry PluginCherry Team |
|
References
- WPScan 90034817third-party-advisory
- Patch Commitpatch
- Nuclei Templatetechnical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: Cherry Plugin for WordPress < 1.2.7 Path Traversal via download-content.phpthird-party-advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/90034817-dee7-40c9-80a2-1f1cd1d033ee/exploit
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