Name: CVE-2015-5609: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-5609, CWE-22, CVSS 9.1, EPSS 0.01234

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Image Export Plugin	—	Update image-export plugin to version 1.1.1, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jul 1, 2015

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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