CVE-2020-11738: WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability
Vendor: WordPress
Product: Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin
Added to the catalog: 2021-11-03
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-05-03
Weaknesses: CWE-22
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

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 (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2020-04-13T22:15:10.660
Last modified: 2026-06-17T02:50:42.807
Weaknesses: CWE-22

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.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.0	7.5	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	[email protected] (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	5	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N	[email protected] (Primary)

References

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 (Not Applicable)
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 (Not Applicable)
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)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11738 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: mitre
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2020-04-13T21:20:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-01-12T20:20:55.122Z
Problem types: n/a

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

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

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2020-11738: WordPress Snap Creek Duplicator Plugin File Download Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-fcc7f6e41bb0, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2020-11738 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T02:50:42.807.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-01-12T20:20:55.122Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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