CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2015-9538
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl6.5
CVSS v3
Description
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
10.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days
95thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080165
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9538-nextgen.html
- https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/2
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135114/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.15-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Traversal.html
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/7
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