CVE-2024-38715 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ExS ExS Widgets allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects ExS Widgets: from n/a through 0.3.1.

Published: 2024-07-12

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ExS

ExS Widgets

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 0.3.1

No data.

No data.

Vendor	Product	Confidence	Versions
Wordpress	Wordpress	—	—

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-37566	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ExS ExS Widgets allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects ExS Widgets: from n/a through 0.3.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01627.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/exs-widgets/wordpress-exs-widgets-plugin-0-3-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-07-12T14:24:40.881Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:10:05.214Z

Reserved: 2024-06-19T11:16:22.731Z

Link: CVE-2024-38715

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:19:19.438Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-12T15:15:10.830

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-38715

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:16:06Z

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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