Medium severity · published Nov 26, 2019
CVE-2015-9538
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection
6.5
CVSS
10.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.1% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NG
Nextgen Gallery · Imagely
before 2.1.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9538
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9538
Exploit
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080165
Exploit
https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9538-nextgen.html
Exploit
https://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/2
Exploit
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135114/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.15-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Traversal.html
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
Exploit
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
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