High · CVSS 8.7CVE-2016-20103

Cherry Plugin for WordPress < 1.2.7 Path Traversal via download-content.phpCVE-2016-20103

Answer in brief

CVE-2016-20103 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in Cherry Plugin for WordPress < 1.2.7 Path Traversal via download-content.php. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Cherry Team/Cherry Plugin (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Oct 20, 2026Updated Oct 20, 2026Source checked Oct 20, 2026First seen by HOL Oct 20, 2026Material review Oct 20, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: High · CVSS 8.7
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Cherry Team/Cherry Plugin (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Cherry Team/Cherry Plugingeneric	>=1.1 <1.2.7	1.2.7

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Cherry Team/Cherry Plugin.
Review the reported fix. Update Cherry Team/Cherry Plugin to 1.2.7 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Oct 20, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Oct 20, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Oct 20, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

Cherry Plugin for WordPress before 1.2.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the 'file' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /admin/import-export/download-content.php with traversal sequences like ../../../../../wp-config.php to read database credentials, since the script passes input directly to readfile(). Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

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