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medium 5.0

CVE-2015-5065 json

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plu…

published 2015-06-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-5081

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.2%
EPSS 16.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the requrl parameter.

Patch / fix

  • intelligent-it paypal_currency_converter_basic_for_woocommerce 1.4

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-37253)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-37253 WordPress Plugin Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce - File Read webapps, 2015-06-10
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132278/WordPress-Paypal-Currency-Converter-Basic-For-Woocommerce-1.3-File-Read.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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Sources

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