Path traversal in SnapCreek Duplicator - CVE-2020-11738
Published: April 14, 2020 / Updated: June 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30308
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11738
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied passed via . A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal sequences and read contents of arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
SnapCreek Duplicator
How to mitigate CVE-2020-11738
Update to version 1.3.28.
SnapCreek Duplicator - update to 1.3.28
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #10077 - wordpress-snapcreek (snapcreek_duplicator file read vulnerability https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2020-11738/) (June 21, 2024)
- Exploit #7049 - Wordpress Plugin Duplicator 1.3.26 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read (November 25, 2021)
- Exploit #4953 - WordPress Duplicator File Read Vulnerability (December 19, 2020)