CVE-2015-8351

Gwolle Guestbook <= 1.5.3 - Remote File Inclusion

criticalImproper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

9.0

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

1.5.4

Patched in

3002d

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.5.4

PublishedNovember 4, 2015

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected plugingwolle-gb

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e32a2644-df8a-4aea-8e70-49ab3075be9e?source=api-prod

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