ChurcHope WordPress Theme < 2.2 Path Traversal via downloadlink.php

Advisories

Severity: high
Date: 10/20/2026
Affecting: ChurcHope >= 0, < 2.2
CVE: CVE-2014-125134
CWE: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS: 8.7
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: WPScan Advisory
Packet Storm 129706
Nuclei Template
Product Webpage
Credit: Cleiton Pinheiro, The Shadowserver Foundation
Description: ChurcHope theme for WordPress before 2.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files through the 'file' parameter of /wp-content/themes/churchope/lib/downloadlink.php. Attackers can supply directory traversal sequences to read sensitive files like wp-config.php or /etc/passwd, exposing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18.

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