CVE-2015-5482

GD bbPress Attachments < 2.3 - Directory Traversal

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Directory traversal vulnerability in the GD bbPress Attachments plugin before 2.3 for WordPress allows remote administrators to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the tab parameter in the gdbbpress_attachments page to wp-admin/edit.php.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el plugin GD bbPress Attachments en versiones anteriores a 2.3 para WordPress, permite a administradores remotos incluir y ejecutar archivos locales arbitrarios a través de un .. (punto punto) en el parámetro tab en la página gdbbpress_attachments a wp-admin/edit.php.

*Credits: Mallory Adams

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-07-09 CVE Published
2015-07-10 CVE Reserved
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-09-11 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-98: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8087	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132656/wpgdbbpress-lfi.txt	2024-08-06
https://security.dxw.com/advisories/local-file-include-vulnerability-in-gd-bbpress-attachments-allows-attackers-to-include-arbitrary-php-files	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/changelog	2016-12-22

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Dev4press Search vendor "Dev4press"		Gd Bbpress Attachments Search vendor "Dev4press" for product "Gd Bbpress Attachments"				<= 2.2 Search vendor "Dev4press" for product "Gd Bbpress Attachments" and version " <= 2.2"		wordpress		Affected