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critical 9.0

CVE-2015-8351 in the critical feed json

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Gwolle Guestbook plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress, when allow_url_include is enabled, allow…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8235

cvss
9.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
37.0%
EPSS 37.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Gwolle Guestbook plugin before 1.5.4 for WordPress, when allow_url_include is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the abspath parameter to frontend/captcha/ajaxresponse.php. NOTE: this can also be leveraged to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences regardless of whether allow_url_include is enabled.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38861)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

37.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38861 WordPress Plugin Gwolle Guestbook 1.5.3 - Remote File Inclusion webapps, 2015-12-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
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References

Sources

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