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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-20103

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Oct 20, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 22, 2026 · Cherry Team Cherry Plugin

Patch now

CVE-2016-20103 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Cherry Team Cherry Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.39%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Cherry Team Cherry Plugin

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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  • vendor Cherry Team Cherry Pluginversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-20103

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-20103 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Cherry Team Cherry Plugin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.39%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 20, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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(). Exploit

  2. Oct 20, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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(). Exploit

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20103

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-20103

    30-day exploitation probability 0.39%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-20103

    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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-20103

    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

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.