CVE-2015-5065

Public Exploit

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the requrl parameter.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 41.34% Top 5%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory wordpress.org Third-Party Advisory exploit-db.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1179092/paypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce third party advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/paypal-currency-converter-basic-for-woocommerce/changelog/ third party advisory patch
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132278/WordPress-Paypal-Currency-Converter-Basic-For-Woocommerce-1.3-File-Read.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37253/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75416 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5065?
CVE-2015-5065 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5065?
To fix CVE-2015-5065, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5065 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-5065 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~41% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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