THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-5609
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5609

Image Export vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the Image Export plugin 1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to download.php.
Affected vendor
Image Export Project
Affected product
Image Export
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-05-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-5609

  • Confirm whether Image Export Project Image Export is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-5609.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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