CVE-2015-9538

moderate-risk
Published 2019-11-26

The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.

Do I need to act?

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70.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 30% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Imagely

References (14)

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-Cr...
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
Exploit https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/7
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-Cr...
Release Notes https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
Exploit https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/7
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 19/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal