CVE-2015-4694
high
CVSS v3
8.6
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.6
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Zip Attachments plugin before 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the za_file parameter.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
91%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| zip_attachments_project | zip_attachments | {"endIncluding":"1.5"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75211
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/12/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75211
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=126
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/zip-attachments/changelog/
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zip-attachments-wordpress-plugin-v114-arbitrary-file-download-vulnerability?replies=1
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8047
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.