CVE-2016-20103

CVSS 8.7 (high) · published 2026-10-20

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Source: NVD CVE-2016-20103

References

• https://github.com/CherryFramework/cherry-plugin/commit/69a3f7b
• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/cherry-file-download.yaml
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/90034817-dee7-40c9-80a2-1f1cd1d033ee
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cherry-plugin-for-wordpress-1.2.7-path-traversal-via-download-content-php
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/90034817-dee7-40c9-80a2-1f1cd1d033ee/

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