Unauthenticated file read via path traversal
Published Jul 19, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Path traversal in MyWebsiteAdvisor Simple Backup 2.7.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files. The download_backup_file handler builds a backup-directory path from an unauthenticated query value without adequate capability or file-type validation, then streams the resolved file. A network-reachable WordPress site with the plugin enabled exposes files readable by the web server, including wp-config.php.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in MyWebsiteAdvisor Simple Backup 2.7.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files. The download_backup_file handler builds a backup-directory path from an unauthenticated query value without adequate capability or file-type validation, then streams the resolved file. A network-reachable WordPress site with the plugin enabled exposes files readable by the web server, including wp-config.php.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2015-10134
- Published
- Jul 19, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- MyWebsiteAdvisor
- Product
- Simple Backup
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=0 <2.7.11
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WordPress Simple Backup Plugin Arbitrary Downloadproof of concept · unverified
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo