01 Record
CVE-2015-9538
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The NextGEN Gallery plugin before 2.1.15 for WordPress allows ../ Directory Traversal in path selection.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 10.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 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.
04 Metadata
- 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
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/#developers
- github.comhttps://github.com/cybersecurityworks/Disclosed/issues/2
- packetstormsecurity.comhttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135114/WordPress-NextGEN-Gallery-2.1.15-Cross-Site-Scripting-Path-Traversal.html
- cxsecurity.comhttps://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2015080165
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/4
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/7
- cybersecurityworks.comhttps://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2015-9538-nextgen.html