CVE-2015-20067 Scanner.
WP Attachment Export < 0.2.4 - Unrestricted File Download
Free and read-only. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
What This Check Does.
Read-only
It only asks your site for public pages, the way a browser would. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored.
Up to 2 requests
A small, fixed number of requests, so the check is quick and will not load your site.
Looks for CVE-2015-20067
It looks for the specific sign of this one vulnerability and ends with a clear answer: vulnerable, not vulnerable, or could not be determined.
About CVE-2015-20067. What It Means.
The plugin does not have proper access controls, allowing unauthenticated users to download the XML data that holds all the details of attachments/posts on a Wordpress powered site. This includes details of even privately published posts and password protected posts with their passwords revealed in plain text.
FAQ
Common Questions.
WP Attachment Export < 0.2.4 - Unrestricted File Download. The plugin does not have proper access controls, allowing unauthenticated users to download the XML data that holds all the details of attachments/posts on a Wordpress powered site. This includes details of even privately published posts and password protected posts with their passwords revealed in plain text.
Atlas sends up to 2 read-only requests to your site and looks for the specific sign of CVE-2015-20067 in WP Attachment Export. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored on your site.
CVE-2015-20067 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of writing, but it is still worth fixing. Its CVSS score is 7.5.
Yes. The check only reads public pages, the same way a browser or a search engine would. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
It means no sign of CVE-2015-20067 was found by this read-only check. It does not prove the site is free of other weaknesses.
Update WP Attachment Export to the latest version from the vendor, or follow the vendor's advice to switch off the affected feature. The vendor links and details are in the CVE-2015-20067 briefing linked on this page.
Scan only sites you own or have written permission to test. A result of Not Vulnerable means this read-only check found no sign of CVE-2015-20067; it is not a guarantee that the site is secure.