WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability

HIGH 7.5EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2020-11738 · Published 13/04/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 03/11/2021. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
duplicator awesomemotive	`< 1.3.28< 3.8.7.1`	`1.3.283.8.7.1`

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.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Traversal-File-Read.html · Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File-Read.html · Exploit
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html · Not Applicable
snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog · Release Notes
wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plugin-vulnerability-affects-over-1-million-sites · Exploit
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2020-11738

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