CVE-2015-9538

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

10.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-11-26 14:59Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-11-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

85fbdf89753e6874467884dc73084cadbf40d6700158ad45c1418f95612eba2a

• wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developersx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/2x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135114/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.15-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Traversal.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• cxsecurity.comhttps://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080165x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/7x_refsource_MISC
• cybersecurityworks.comhttps://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9538-nextgen.htmlx_refsource_MISC