CVE-2020-11738

WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability

  • High 7.5
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Nov 2021

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.

Key facts

Published
13 Apr 2020
Last changed
12 Jan 2026
Assigned by
mitre
KEV added
3 Nov 2021
KEV fix due
3 May 2022
EPSS
97.822% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.907% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: partial

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.5CVSS 3.0, Highfrom the CNA (mitre)CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 13 Apr 2020 Published
  2. 3 Nov 2021 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on Path traversal (CWE-22).

References