CVE-2015-5609 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 0.01234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Image-export Project Subscribe	Image-export Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-23T03:56:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2015-5609

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-5609

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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