CVE-2015-5471 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in include/user/download.php in the Swim Team plugin 1.44.10777 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter.

Published: 2016-01-12

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 54.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:swim_team_project:swim_team:1.44.10777:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.54004.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://michaelwalsh.org/blog/2015/07/wp-swimteam-v1-45-beta-3-now-available/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132653/WordPress-WP-SwimTeam-1.44.10777-Arbitrary-File-Download.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75600
http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=134
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-vulnerability-6
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8071

History

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Subscriptions

Swim Team Project Swim Team

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-12T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:50:02.456Z

Reserved: 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5471

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-01-12T19:59:03.893

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5471

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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