What is CVE-2020-11738?

CVE-2020-11738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Awesomemotive Duplicator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-11738?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-11738 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-11738 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 30 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Path Traversal in Awesomemotive Duplicator

CVE-2020-11738

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.978 (99.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.978 · newest: 0.978 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Awesomemotive Duplicator

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2021-11-03. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-05-03.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/changelog/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/active-attack-on-recently-patched-duplicator-plu… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/23.html (Not Applicable)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/160621/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Directory-Trav… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/164533/WordPress-Duplicator-1.3.26-Arbitrary-File… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11738?: CVE-2020-11738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Awesomemotive Duplicator, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-11738?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-11738 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2020-11738 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating it is being actively exploited. 30 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.