Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-11738
WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Downlo - [Actively Exploited]
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 13, 2020, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 4, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator plugin contains a file download vulnerability when an administrator creates a new copy of their site that allows an attacker to download the generated files from their Wordpress dashboard. This vulnerability affects Duplicator and Dulplicator Pro.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11738

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-11738 has a 19 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-11738 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Snapcreek duplicator
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-11738.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html Third Party Advisory
https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html Third Party Advisory
https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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XiaomingX/awesome-poc-for-red-team

A curated collection of Proof of Concept (PoC) tools, scripts, and techniques designed for red team operations, penetration testing, and cybersecurity research. This repository focuses on providing practical resources for exploring vulnerabilities

attack cybersecurity exp hw penetration-testing poc red-team security-tools vulnerability-poc

Updated: 1 month ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2024, 11:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 414 different CVEs too.
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0xZEros66/Wordpress-Exploit-AiO-Package

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 30, 2024, 10:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.
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raghu66669999/wordpress-snapcreek

snapcreek_duplicator file read vulnerability https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2020-11738/

Python

Updated: 8 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 15, 2024, 11:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.
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ArrestX/--POC

poc集合(持续更新ing)

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2023, 1:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 154 different CVEs too.
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HimmelAward/Goby_POC

在公网收集的gobypoc+部分自己加的poc

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
108 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2023, 4:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 296 different CVEs too.
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Sleleu/HeroCTF_WriteUp

A write-up (in french) of challenges I attempted during HeroCTF 2023.

ctf-writeups cybersecurity heroctf crypto steganography web

Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 25, 2023, 6:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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0day404/vulnerability-poc

A Common Vulnerability PoC Knowledge Base一个普遍漏洞POC知识库

vulnerability

Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago
18 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2023, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 232 different CVEs too.
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20142995/Goby

None

Python Go

Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
576 stars 138 fork 138 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 174 different CVEs too.
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VTFoundation/vulnerablewp

None

Shell CSS PHP JavaScript HTML Hack

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 17, 2022, 5:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
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waleedzafar68/vulnerablewp

Vulnerable Wordpress Docker

ubuntu wordpress vulnerable-wordpress

CSS PHP JavaScript HTML Hack Shell

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 27, 2022, 4:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
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merlinepedra/nuclei-templates

None

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 157 different CVEs too.
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merlinepedra25/nuclei-templates

None

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 153 different CVEs too.
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Shamsuzzaman321/Wordpress-Exploit-AiO-Package

Wordpress Exploit AiO Package 2022 with python 3 and 2

HTML Python Shell PHP

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 4:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 13 different CVEs too.
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Ostorlab/KEV

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
556 stars 36 fork 36 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1248 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-11738 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-11738 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Feb. 04, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CWE-22
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html
    Added Reference https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html
    Added Reference https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html No Types Assigned https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:snapcreek:duplicator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.3.28 *cpe:2.3:a:snapcreek:duplicator:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.8.7.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:snapcreek:duplicator:*:*:*:*:lite:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.3.28 *cpe:2.3:a:snapcreek:duplicator:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.8.7.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite No Types Assigned https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/?lite Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:snapcreek:duplicator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.3.28 *cpe:2.3:a:snapcreek:duplicator:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.8.7.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-11738 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-11738 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.21 }} -0.02%

score

0.99918

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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