CVE-2015-5609 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Image Export plugin 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to download.php.

Published: 2017-05-23

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:image-export_project:image-export:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5562	Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Image Export plugin 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to download.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03207.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/21/1
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=135

History

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Subscriptions

Image-export Project Image-export

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-23T03:56:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:50:02.917Z

Reserved: 2015-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5609

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:00.883

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:29:26.690

Link: CVE-2015-5609

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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